Английская Википедия:2012 Heffron state by-election
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox election A by-election occurred for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Heffron on Saturday 25 August 2012.[1] This was triggered by the resignation of former Premier of New South Wales Kristina Keneally (Шаблон:Australian politics/name) 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.[2][3]
The by-election was held on the same day as the Northern Territory election.
Dates
| Date | EventШаблон:Hsp[4] |
|---|---|
| 23 July 2012 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[5] |
| 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 Шаблон:Australian politics/names won 33.3 percent of the primary vote in Heffron, the Шаблон:Australian politics/name 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.[6][7][8]
Candidates
The four candidates in ballot paper order were as follows:
| Candidate nominationsШаблон:Hsp[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor Party | Ron Hoenig | Longest-serving Botany Bay Mayor.[10][11] |
| Шаблон:Australian party style| | Christian Democratic Party | Robyn Peebles | Pastor of West Ryde Church of the Good Shepherd, state and federal serial candidate.[10] |
| Шаблон:Australian party style| | Australian Greens | Mehreen Faruqi | Civil/environmental engineer and sustainability expert, contested Heffron at previous election.[10][12] |
| Шаблон:Australian party style| | Australian Democrats | Drew Simmons | Journalist and various positions in retail/management.[10][13] |
Results
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References
Шаблон:NSW by-elections 55th parl Шаблон:Results of New South Wales state elections
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