2020 Bundamba state by-election explained
Election Name: | 2020 Bundamba state by-election |
Country: | Queensland |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2017 Queensland state election |
Previous Year: | 2017 |
Next Election: | 2020 Queensland state election |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Turnout: | 66.4% 22.7 |
Seats For Election: | The district of Bundamba in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland |
Candidate1: | Lance McCallum |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
Popular Vote1: | 9,134 |
Percentage1: | 42.2% |
Swing1: | 11.2 |
Candidate2: | Sharon Bell |
Party2: | One Nation |
Popular Vote2: | 6,006 |
Percentage2: | 27.7% |
Swing2: | 27.7 |
Candidate4: | Robert Shearman |
Party4: | Liberal National Party of Queensland |
Popular Vote4: | 3,589 |
Percentage4: | 16.6% |
Swing4: | 1.4 |
Candidate5: | Danielle Mutton |
Party5: | Australian Greens |
Popular Vote5: | 2,924 |
Percentage5: | 13.5% |
Swing5: | 2.6 |
1Blank: | 2CP |
1Data1: | 59.8% |
1Data2: | 40.2% |
2Blank: | 2CP swing |
2Data1: | 11.8 |
2Data2: | 40.2 |
MP |
Before Election: | Jo-Ann Miller |
Before Party: | Labor |
After Election: | Lance McCallum |
After Party: | Labor |
A by-election was held for the seat of Bundamba in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland on 28 March 2020 following the resignation of Jo-Ann Miller on 20 February 2020.[1] The by-election was held on the same day as the Currumbin by-election and the statewide local government elections.
Lance McCallum won the by-election, holding the seat for the Labor Party.[2]
Key dates
Date[3] | Event |
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24 February 2020 | Issue of the writ |
28 February 2020 | Close of electoral rolls |
3 March 2020 | Close of nominations |
16 March 2020 | Early voting begins |
28 March 2020 | Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm | |
Candidates
Candidates in ballot paper order |
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| | | Sharon Bell | Estimating assistant. Contested Blair at the 2019 federal election.[4] |
| | | Lance McCallum | Former Electrical Trade Union official. |
| | | Danielle Mutton | Union organiser. |
| | | Robert Shearman | Retired army serviceman, businessman. | |
Opinion polling
External links
Notes and References
- News: Jo-Ann Miller quits Queensland Parliament . 26 February 2020 . Brisbane Times . 20 February 2020 . en.
- News: Hartley . Anna . Siganto . Talissa . Brisbane's Lord Mayor and Gold Coast Mayor retain office, new Ipswich Mayor revealed, as election results trickle in . 19 April 2020 . ABC News . 29 March 2020 . en-AU.
- Web site: Bundamba By-election . Electoral Commission Queensland . 26 February 2020.
- News: Green . Antony . Bundamba by-election . 26 February 2020 . ABC News . en.
- News: Wardill . Steve . Palaszczuk Government on brink of winning Currumbin by-election . The Courier Mail.