Electoral District Of Heffron
Heffron is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is named after Robert Heffron, a former Labor premier of New South Wales. It is a safe Labor seat, and was recently represented by former Premier Kristina Keneally of the Australian Labor Party. On 23 June 2012, Keneally announced that she would be resigning on 29 June 2012 to start her new career as CEO of Basketball Australia, prompting an August Heffron by-election. Labor candidate Ron Hoenig won with 70 percent of the two-candidate preferred vote.
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