About the Heffron Electorate
Inner metropolitan. Residential suburban. Located Sydney, south-eastern.
Principal suburbs: Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Centennial Park, Eastlakes, Erskineville, Kensington, Kingsford, Mascot, Moore Park, Newtown, Randwick, Rosebery, St Peters, Sydenham, Tempe, University of NSW, Waterloo, Zetland.
Area: 35.28 sq km.
Population: 81,594. Enrolment: 60,655.
Biography
Political Party Activity
March 1979 - March 1983 President, Mascot Branch, Australian Labor Party.
March 1983 - 1992 Secretary, Mascot Branch, Australian Labor Party.
March 1984 - February 1992 Secretary, Pagewood Branch, Australian Labor Party.
March 1992 - Present Secretary, Mascot Branch, Australian Labor Party.
Community Activity
Member, Public Service Association 1977 - 2012.
Member, Bar Association 1987 - 2012.
Chairman, Eastern Suburbs Football Appeals Committee 2000 - 2012.
Chairman, Football NSW Commission of Inquiry into President and Board 2010.
Local Government Activity
September 1980 - September 2012 Botany Bay City Council.
Personal
Married with 2 children.
Qualifications, Occupations and Interests
Diploma in Law (DipLaw (SAB)), Solicitors Admission Board, 1980.
December 1972 - January 1977 Clerk, Attorney General's Department Petty Sessions Branch.
January 1977 - March 1981 Articled Clerk, Public Solicitors Office.
March 1981 - September 1987 Solicitor, Public Solicitors Office.
October 1987 to August 2012 Barrister, Public Defender.
Additional Information
Inaugural Speech, 12 September 2012: