Electoral district of Heffron explained

Heffron
State:	nsw
Lifespan:	1973–present
Mp:	Ron Hoenig
Mp-Party:	Labor Party
Namesake:	Bob Heffron
Electors:	60576
Electors Year:	2019
Area:	35.28
Class:	Inner-Metropolitan
Near-N:	Newtown
Near-Ne:	Sydney
Near-E:	Coogee
Near-Se:	Maroubra
Near-S:	Maroubra
Near-Sw:	Rockdale
Near-W:	Canterbury
Near-Nw:	Summer Hill

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 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]		1973–1990
		Deirdre Grusovin^[6]		1990–2003
		Kristina Keneally^[7]		2003–2012
		Ron Hoenig^[8]		2012–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Heffron.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Election Night: Two Candidate Preferred . elections.nsw.gov.au . 25 August 2012 .
2. Web site: Heffron . . 23 November 2019.
3. Elections for the District of Heffron . DistrictIndexes . Heffron . 7 September 2019.
4. Web site: Heffron- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results . NSW Votes 2019 . . en-AU. 7 September 2019.
5. The Hon. (Laurie) Laurence John Brereton (1946–) . 2025 . Yes . 13 May 2019.
6. The Hon. Deirdre Mary Grusovin (1938-) . 1954 . Yes . 13 May 2019.
7. The Hon. Kristina Kerscher Keneally (1968-) . 2171 . Yes . 30 April 2019.
8. Mr Ron Hoenig MP . 97. No . 5 April 2019.