Electoral district of Heffron

Heffron
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1973–present
MPRon Hoenig
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeBob Heffron
Electors60,576 (2019)
Area35.28 km2 (13.6 sq mi)
DemographicInner-Metropolitan
Electorates around Heffron:
Summer Hill Newtown Sydney
Canterbury Heffron Coogee
Rockdale Maroubra Maroubra

Heffron is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales located primarily in Sydney's Inner Southern Region. It is named after Robert Heffron, a former Labor premier of New South Wales.

It is a safe Labor seat, currently represented by Ron Hoenig of the Labor Party since August 2012.

History

Created in 1973 from the abolished seat of Cook's River, the seat was represented from 2003 to 2012 by former New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally of the Labor Party. At the 2011 election, Keneally suffered a swing of over 16 percent, more than halving her majority from 23 percent to seven percent. She resigned the seat on 29 June 2012 to start her new career as CEO of Basketball Australia, prompting an August Heffron by-election. At the by-election, Ron Hoenig won with 70 percent of the two-candidate preferred vote.[1]

Geography

On its current boundaries, Heffron includes the suburbs of Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Waterloo, Zetland, Rosebery, Mascot, St Peters, Sydenham, Tempe, most of Eastlakes and Kensington and parts of Kingsford.[2] Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport is located within the electorate. The district was named after Bob Heffron who was the local MP for Botany and Maroubra. The seat was contested for the first time in the year 1973, won by Laurie Brereton and has always been held by the Labor party.[3][4]

Members for Heffron

Member Party Period
  Laurie Brereton [5] Labor 1973–1990
  Deirdre Grusovin [6] Labor 1990–2003
  Kristina Keneally [7] Labor 2003–2012
  Ron Hoenig [8] Labor 2012–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Heffron
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Heffron.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Heffron[9][10]
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

References

  1. ^ "Election Night: Two Candidate Preferred" (PDF). elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 25 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Heffron". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Heffron- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. ^ "The Hon. (Laurie) Laurence John Brereton (1946– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. ^ "The Hon. Deirdre Mary Grusovin (1938- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  7. ^ "The Hon. Kristina Kerscher Keneally (1968- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr Ron Hoenig MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  9. ^ LA First Preference: Heffron, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  10. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Heffron, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.