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2012 Heffron state by-election

Election result for Heffron, New South Wales, Australia

Election result for Heffron, New South Wales, Australia

FieldValue
countryNew South Wales
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
image1[[File:Labor Placeholder.png150x150px]]
candidate1Ron Hoenig
party1Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
popular_vote1**20,051**
percentage1**58.9%**
swing117.7
image2[[File:Mehreen-Faruqi-2019.jpg150x150px]]
candidate2Mehreen Faruqi
party2The Greens NSW
popular_vote28,122
percentage223.3%
swing24.4
image3
candidate3Drew Simmons
party3Australian Democrats
popular_vote33,749
percentage310.8%
swing310.8
1blankTPP
2blankTPP swing
1data1**70.0%**
2data112.9
1data230.0%
2data230.0
titleMP
before_electionKristina Keneally
before_partyAustralian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
after_electionRon Hoenig
after_partyAustralian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
map_imageHeffron NSW State Electoral District.png
map_captionThe location of the seat of Heffron within Sydney

A by-election occurred for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Heffron on Saturday 25 August 2012. This was triggered by the resignation of former Premier of New South Wales Kristina Keneally () which she announced on 23 June 2012. Labor easily retained the seat with an increased margin. Ron Hoenig received a 60 percent primary and 70 percent two-candidate preferred vote.

The by-election was held on the same day as the Northern Territory election.

Dates

DateEvent
23 July 2012Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
23 July 2012Close of electoral rolls
8 August 2012Close of party nominations
9 August 2012Close of independent nominations, ballot paper order draw conducted
13 August 2012Early voting began
25 August 2012Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm

Background

Labor retained the seat of Heffron at the election in March 2011 with a primary vote of 41.2 percent and a two-party-preferred vote of 57.1 percent – the sixth-safest of Labor's 20 seats won at the election of the 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The s won 33.3 percent of the primary vote in Heffron, the won 19.0 percent, the CDP won 1.9 percent, with the remaining 4.6 percent to two independent candidates. There was a 16.3 percent two-party-preferred swing away from the Liberal/National Coalition government at the November 2011 Clarence by-election. The Liberals did not contest the Heffron by-election.

Previous results

Candidates

The four candidates in ballot paper order were as follows:

Candidate nominations

Results

Kristina Keneally () resigned.

References

References

  1. (23 June 2012). "Former NSW premier Keneally bows out". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. Crawford, Barclay. (26 August 2012). "Labor's joy as Ron Hoenig claims easy win in Heffron". The Sunday Telegraph.
  3. "2012 Heffron by-election dates". Electoral Commission of New South Wales.
  4. (23 July 2012). "Writ of election: Heffron". [[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales]].
  5. Nicholls, Sean. (26 November 2010). "Keneally dash fails to draw out Liberals". The National Times.
  6. (7 July 2012). "Hoenig favourite to win Heffron with Liberals likely not to stand". The Age.
  7. (6 July 2012). "Botany Mayor to contest Keneally seat". ANC News.
  8. "2012 Heffron by-election candidates". Electoral Commission of New South wales.
  9. Green, Antony. "2012 Heffron by-election". ABC News.
  10. (6 July 2012). "Ron Hoenig, Labor candidate for Heffron". Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch).
  11. (16 July 2012). "Greens preselect Dr Mehreen Faruqi for Heffron by-election". NSW Greens.
  12. "2012 Heffron by-election results". Electoral Commission of New South Wales.
  13. Green, Antony. (13 November 2024). "2012 Heffron by-election results". ABC News.
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