Bob Heffron

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Robert James Bob Heffron (10 September 1890 – 27 July 1978) also known as R. J. Heffron was a long-serving New South Wales politician union organiser and Australian Labor Party Premier of New South Wales from 1959 to 1964. He served as Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of William McKell James McGirr and Joseph Cahill most notably as Minister for Education from 1944 to 1960 and as Deputy Premier.

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active years end date

1950-05-22, 1959-10-28, 1960-05-31, 1964-04-30, 1968-01-23

active years start date

1930-10-25, 1944-06-08, 1950-06-17, 1953-02-23, 1959-10-23

birth date

1890-09-10

birth place

Thames New Zealand, Colony of New Zealand

country

New South Wales

death date

1978-07-27

death place

New South Wales, Kirribilli New South Wales, Australia

deputy

Jack Renshaw

governor

Eric Woodward

monarch

Elizabeth II

office

Minister for Education, 5th Deputy Premier of New South Wales

order in office

(Election: 1962), 30th Premier of New South Wales

party

Australian Labor Party, Victorian Socialist Party, New Zealand Socialist Party, Industrial Labor Party

region

Electoral district of Botany, Electoral district of Maroubra

successor

Bill Haigh, Ernest Wetherell, Jack Renshaw