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Electoral results for the district of Heffron

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Heffron, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1973 and has always been held by the Labor party.[1][2][3][4]

Members for Heffron

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Election Member Party
1973   Laurie Brereton Labor
1976
1978
1981
1984
1988
1990 by Deirdre Grusovin
1991
1995
1999
2003 Kristina Keneally
2007
2011
2012 by Ron Hoenig
2015
2019

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2023

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2023 New South Wales state election: Heffron[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Hoenig 22,458 49.7 +7.4
Liberal Francis Devine 9,597 21.2 −6.5
Greens Philipa Veitch 8,559 18.9 +1.1
Independent Sarina Kilham 1,538 3.4 +3.4
Animal Justice Linda Paull 1,252 2.8 −0.5
Sustainable Australia Ann Godfrey 889 2.0 +2.0
Socialist Alliance Rachel Evans 878 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 45,171 97.1 −0.2
Informal votes 1,328 2.9 +0.2
Turnout 46,499 82.6 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron Hoenig 29,757 73.3 +8.0
Liberal Francis Devine 10,847 26.7 −8.0
Labor hold Swing +8.0

Elections in the 2010s

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2019

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2019 New South Wales state election: Heffron[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Hoenig 20,409 40.81 −3.49
Liberal Alexander Andruska 13,863 27.72 −1.99
Greens Kym Chapple 9,565 19.13 −1.98
Keep Sydney Open Chris Ryan 4,575 9.15 +9.15
Animal Justice Michael Dello-Iacovo 1,598 3.20 +3.20
Total formal votes 50,010 97.48 +0.73
Informal votes 1,292 2.52 −0.73
Turnout 51,302 84.69 −2.49
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron Hoenig 28,874 65.13 +1.03
Liberal Alexander Andruska 15,462 34.87 −1.03
Labor hold Swing +1.03

2015

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2015 New South Wales state election: Heffron[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Hoenig 20,539 44.3 +4.4
Liberal John Koutsoukis 13,775 29.7 −5.1
Greens Osman Faruqi 9,788 21.1 +3.5
No Land Tax Anastasia Bakss 1,392 3.0 +3.0
Christian Democrats Shawn Arbeau 873 1.9 −0.0
Total formal votes 46,367 96.7 +0.5
Informal votes 1,558 3.3 −0.5
Turnout 47,925 87.2 +3.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron Hoenig 26,529 64.1 +8.9
Liberal John Koutsoukis 14,860 35.9 −8.9
Labor hold Swing +8.9

2012 by-election

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2012 Heffron by-election [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Hoenig 20,501 58.9 +17.7
Greens Mehreen Faruqi 8,122 23.3 +4.4
Democrats Drew Simmons 3,749 10.8 +10.8
Christian Democrats Robyn Peebles 2,442 7.0 +5.1
Total formal votes 34,814 94.8 –1.9
Informal votes 1,910 5.2 +1.9
Turnout 36,724 65.9 –22.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Ron Hoenig 21,863 70.0 +12.9
Greens Mehreen Faruqi 9,366 30.0 +30.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
Kristina Keneally (Labor) resigned.

2011

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2011 New South Wales state election: Heffron[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kristina Keneally 18,870 41.2 −15.2
Liberal Patrice Pandeleos 15,226 33.3 +11.5
Greens Mehreen Faruqi 8,681 19.0 −0.7
Independent John Forster 1,865 4.1 +4.1
Christian Democrats Katalin Ferrier 871 1.9 +1.9
Trevor Rowe 254 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 45,767 96.7 +0.4
Informal votes 1,548 3.3 −0.4
Turnout 47,315 88.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kristina Keneally 22,299 57.1 −16.6
Liberal Patrice Pandeleos 16,780 42.9 +16.6
Labor hold Swing −16.6

Elections in the 2000s

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2007

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2007 New South Wales state election: Heffron[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kristina Keneally 23,066 56.4 +2.0
Liberal Scott Nash 8,889 21.8 +4.0
Greens Ben Spies-Butcher 8,031 19.7 +6.9
James Cogan 875 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 40,861 96.3
Informal votes 1,549 3.7
Turnout 42,410 89.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kristina Keneally 27,371 73.7 −0.5
Liberal Scott Nash 9,783 26.3 +0.5
Labor hold Swing −0.5

2003

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2003 New South Wales state election: Heffron[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kristina Keneally 21,780 57.4 −6.0
Liberal Sarah Lawrance 7,061 18.6 −0.8
Greens Will Smith 4,837 12.7 +7.3
Independent Margery Whitehead 1,605 4.2 +4.2
Independent John Bush 919 2.4 +2.4
Unity Alan Lai 808 2.1 +2.1
Independent John Tullis 488 1.3 +1.3
Democrats Stephen Chanphakeo 456 1.2 −2.8
Total formal votes 37,954 96.2
Informal votes 1,486 3.8
Turnout 39,440 89.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kristina Keneally 24,332 73.9 −2.2
Liberal Sarah Lawrance 8,603 26.1 +2.2
Labor hold Swing −2.2

Elections in the 1990s

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1999

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1999 New South Wales state election: Heffron[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 23,492 63.4 +4.1
Liberal Jackie Canessa 7,205 19.4 −6.6
Greens Jonathan Keyte 1,992 5.4 −2.7
One Nation David Taylor 1,615 4.4 +4.4
Democrats David Mendelssohn 1,476 4.0 +3.0
Against Further Immigration Rex Dobson 952 2.6 +2.6
Democratic Socialist Jim Green 338 0.9 +0.6
Total formal votes 37,070 96.3 +2.9
Informal votes 1,440 3.7 −2.9
Turnout 38,510 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 25,478 76.1 +6.3
Liberal Jackie Canessa 7,998 23.9 −6.3
Labor hold Swing +6.3

1995

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1995 New South Wales state election: Heffron[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 20,611 61.5 +3.4
Liberal Ben Franklin 9,435 28.1 −2.2
Greens Mark Berriman 3,105 9.3 +1.8
Socialist Labour Yabu Bilyana 370 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 33,521 92.9 +8.9
Informal votes 2,577 7.1 −8.9
Turnout 36,098 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 22,194 68.8 +3.1
Liberal Ben Franklin 10,071 31.2 −3.1
Labor hold Swing +3.1

1991

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1991 New South Wales state election: Heffron[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 17,100 58.0 +1.8
Liberal John Paterson 8,928 30.3 −1.8
Greens Mark Berriman 2,208 7.5 +7.5
Democrats Eamon Quinn 1,227 4.2 +3.4
Total formal votes 29,463 84.0 −11.5
Informal votes 5,623 16.0 +11.5
Turnout 35,086 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 18,102 65.7 +4.2
Liberal John Paterson 9,463 34.3 −4.2
Labor hold Swing +4.2

1990 by-election

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1990 Heffron by-election
Saturday 23 June [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 14,393 65.6 9.4
Democrats Amelia Newman 3,549 16.2
Greens Mark Berriman 2,799 12.8
Call to Australia Beville Varidel 1,188 5.4
Total formal votes 21,929 95.6
Informal votes 999 4.4
Turnout 22,928 72.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 15,206 74.2 15.0
Democrats Amelia Newman 5,278 25.8
Labor hold Swing 15.0'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000043−QINU`"'
Laurie Brereton (Labor) resigned.[19]

Elections in the 1980s

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1988

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1988 New South Wales state election: Heffron[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Brereton 15,759 56.2 −9.4
Liberal Bernadette Hamilton 9,924 35.4 +0.9
Independent Barry Devine 2,377 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 28,060 95.4 −0.8
Informal votes 1,366 4.6 +0.8
Turnout 29,426 91.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laurie Brereton 16,109 59.2 −6.4
Liberal Bernadette Hamilton 11,119 40.8 +6.4
Labor hold Swing −6.4

1984

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1984 New South Wales state election: Heffron[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Brereton 18,536 65.6 −11.9
Liberal Barry Devine 9,730 34.4 +11.9
Total formal votes 28,266 96.1 +1.3
Informal votes 1,137 3.9 −1.3
Turnout 29,403 92.3 +2.3
Labor hold Swing −11.9

1981

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1981 New South Wales state election: Heffron[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Brereton 20,938 77.5 −2.5
Liberal Carolyn O'Connor 6,094 22.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 27,032 94.8
Informal votes 1,470 5.2
Turnout 28,502 90.0
Labor hold Swing −2.5

Elections in the 1970s

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1978

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1978 New South Wales state election: Heffron[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Brereton 23,531 80.0 +16.9
Liberal George Balos 5,871 20.0 −9.2
Total formal votes 29,402 95.8 −1.7
Informal votes 1,281 4.2 +1.7
Turnout 30,683 91.9 +1.8
Labor hold Swing +10.2

1976

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1976 New South Wales state election: Heffron[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Brereton 18,994 63.1 −4.9
Liberal George Balos 8,794 29.2 +29.2
Independent Crena Morrison 1,315 4.4 +4.4
Independent John Holt 1,016 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 30,119 97.5 +2.7
Informal votes 769 2.5 −2.7
Turnout 30,888 90.1 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laurie Brereton 21,031 69.8 −4.1
Liberal George Balos 9,088 30.2 +30.2
Labor hold Swing −4.1

1973

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1973 New South Wales state election: Heffron[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Brereton 18,753 68.0 +1.9
Democratic Labor Paul Evans 5,596 20.3 +20.3
Australia Peter Clark 3,233 11.7 +11.7
Total formal votes 27,582 94.8
Informal votes 1,525 5.2
Turnout 29,107 89.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Laurie Brereton 20,369 73.8 +7.7
Democratic Labor Paul Evans 7,213 26.2 +26.2
Labor notional hold Swing +7.7
Heffron was a new seat with a notional Labor majority.

Notes

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  1. ^ compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1988 Heffron election.

References

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  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ LA First Preference: Heffron, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Heffron, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Heffron: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Heffron: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ^ State Electoral District of Heffron: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  10. ^ State Electoral District of Heffron: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
  11. ^ "2012 Heffron by-election results". Electoral Commission of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "2012 Heffron by-election results". ABC News. Australia.
  13. ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  14. ^ Green, Antony. "2007 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  15. ^ Green, Antony. "2003 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  16. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  17. ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  18. ^ Green, Antony. "1991 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  19. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1990 Heffron by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  20. ^ Green, Antony. "1988 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  21. ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  22. ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  23. ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  24. ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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