2012 Heffron state by-election

Election result for Heffron, New South Wales, Australia March 2021 March 2021 New South Wales parliamentary no 150x150px Ron Hoenig Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 20,051 58.9% 17.7 150x150px Mehreen Faruqi The Greens NSW 8,122 23.3% 4.4 Australian Democrats DEM 150x150px Drew Simmons Australian Democrats 3,749 10.8% 10.8 TPP TPP swing 70.0% 12.9 30.0% 30.0 MP Kristina Keneally Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) Ron Hoenig Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) Heffron NSW State Electoral District.png The 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.http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/former-nsw-premier-keneally-bows-out-20120623-20udl.html Former NSW premier Keneally bows out The Sydney Morning Herald 23 June 2012 Farrow, Lauren Lillebue, Steve AAP This was triggered by the resignation of former Premier of New South Wales Kristina Keneally (Labor NSW) 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.http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/labors-joy-as-hoenig-claims-easy-win/story-fndo317g-1226458096049 Labor's joy as Ron Hoenig claims easy win in Heffron The Sunday Telegraph Australia 26 August 2012 Crawford, Barclay The by-election was held on the same day as the Northern Territory election. Dates Date Eventhttp://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/heffron_state_by-election_25_august_2012/home 2012 Heffron by-election dates Electoral Commission of New South Wales https://web.archive.org/web/20120823192323/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/heffron_state_by-election_25_august_2012/home 23 August 2012 23 July 2012 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gaz_Gazette%20Split%202012_2012-76.pdf Writ of election: Heffron Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 76 23 July 2012 12 October 2019 23 July 2012 Close of electoral rolls 8 August 2012 Close of party nominations 9 August 2012 Close of independent nominations, ballot paper order draw conducted 13 August 2012 Early voting began 25 August 2012 Polling 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 Liberal NSWs won 33.3 percent of the primary vote in Heffron, the Greens NSW 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.Nicholls, Sean http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/keneally-dash-fails-to-draw-out-liberals-20120706-21m6b.html Keneally dash fails to draw out Liberals The National Times 26 November 2010 25 July 2012Mckenny, Leesha Tovey, Josephine http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/hoenig-favourite-to-win-heffron-with-liberals-likely-not-to-stand-20120706-21me3.html Hoenig favourite to win Heffron with Liberals likely not to stand The Age Australia 7 July 2012 25 July 2012http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-06/botany-mayor-to-contest-keneally-seat/4114876 Botany Mayor to contest Keneally seat ANC News Australia 6 July 2012 25 July 2012 Previous results Results of the 2011 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election Heffron Candidates The four candidates in ballot paper order were as follows: Candidate nominationshttp://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/heffron_state_by-election_25_august_2012/candidates 2012 Heffron by-election candidates Electoral Commission of New South wales https://web.archive.org/web/20120822042324/http://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/heffron_state_by-election_25_august_2012/candidates 22 August 2012  Labor Party Ron Hoenig Longest-serving Botany Bay Mayor.http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2012/heffron 2012 Heffron by-election Antony Green Green, Antony ABC News Australia http://www.nswalp.com/media/news/ron-hoenig---labor-candidate-for-heffron/ https://archive.today/20130130094328/http://www.nswalp.com/media/news/ron-hoenig---labor-candidate-for-heffron/ dead 30 January 2013 Ron Hoenig, Labor candidate for Heffron Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch) 6 July 2012 18 August 2012   Christian Democratic Party Robyn Peebles Pastor of West Ryde Church of the Good Shepherd, state and federal serial candidate.  Australian Greens Mehreen Faruqi Civil/environmental engineer and sustainability expert, contested Heffron at previous election.http://nsw.greens.org.au/content/greens-preselect-dr-mehreen-faruqi-heffron-election Greens preselect Dr Mehreen Faruqi for Heffron by-election NSW Greens 16 July 2012 25 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120719235854/http://nsw.greens.org.au/content/greens-preselect-dr-mehreen-faruqi-heffron-election 19 July 2012   Australian Democrats Drew Simmons Journalist and various positions in retail/management.http://democrats.org.au/news/index.htm?press_id=6769&display=1 https://archive.today/20121127170914/http://democrats.org.au/news/index.htm?press_id=6769&display=1 dead 27 November 2012 New South Wales: Drew Simmons – Australian Democrats candidate for Heffron By-Election Australian Democrats 27 July 2012 17 August 2012 Results 2012 Heffron by-election2012 Heffron by-election results Electoral Commission of New South Wales http://elections.nsw.gov.au/results/by-elections/state/2012_heffron_by-election_results https://web.archive.org/web/20120928035307/http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/results/by-elections/state/2012_heffron_by-election_results 28 September 2012http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2012/heffron/result.htm 2012 Heffron by-election results Antony Green Green, Antony ABC News 13 November 2024 Australia Ron Hoenig Labor NSW 20,501 58.9 +17.7 Mehreen Faruqi Greens NSW 8,122 23.3 +4.4 Drew Simmons Democrats 3,749 10.8 +10.8 Robyn Peebles Christian Democrats 2,442 7.0 +5.1 34,814 94.8 –1.9 1,910 5.2 +1.9 36,724 65.9 –22.8 Labor NSW Ron Hoenig 21,863 70.0 +12.9 Greens NSW Mehreen Faruqi 9,366 30.0 +30.0 Labor NSW N/A Kristina Keneally (Labor NSW) resigned. External links https://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/08/09/heffron-by-election-august-25/ 2012 Heffron by-election Poll Bludger See also Electoral results for the district of Heffron List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:2012 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:2012 in New South Wales