2020 Bundamba state by-election

2020 Bundamba state by-election
The district of Bundamba in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Turnout	66.4% 22.7
	Map of the Electoral district of Bundamba since the 2017 state election
MP before election; Jo-Ann Miller; Labor	Elected MP ; Lance McCallum; 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
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


One Nation	Sharon Bell	Estimating assistant. Contested Blair at the 2019 federal election.^[4]
Labor	Lance McCallum	Former Electrical Trade Union official.^[4]
Greens	Danielle Mutton	Union organiser.^[4]
Liberal National	Robert Shearman	Retired army serviceman, businessman.^[4]

**Bundamba by-election polling**
Date	Firm	Commissioned by	Sample	Primary vote					TPP vote
				ALP	ON	LNP	GRN	OTH^[a]	ALP	ON
22 March 2020	UComms	The Courier Mail^[5]	~700	37.6%	21.2%	9.7%	14.4%	17.2%	62%	38%
2017 Queensland state election				53.3%	-	15.2%	10.9%	20.5%	71.6%	28.4%^[b]

Bundamba state by-election, 28 March 2020^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lance McCallum	9,134	42.2	−11.2
	One Nation	Sharon Bell	6,006	27.7	+27.7
	Liberal National	Robert Shearman	3,589	16.6	+1.4
	Greens	Danielle Mutton	2,924	13.5	+2.6
Total formal votes			21,653	89.1	−2.6
Informal votes			2,644	10.9	+2.6
Turnout			24,297	66.4	−22.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Lance McCallum	12,949	59.8	−11.8
	One Nation	Sharon Bell	8,704	40.2	+40.2
	Labor hold

^ "Jo-Ann Miller quits Queensland Parliament". Brisbane Times. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ Hartley, Anna; Siganto, Talissa (29 March 2020). "Brisbane's Lord Mayor and Gold Coast Mayor retain office, new Ipswich Mayor revealed, as election results trickle in". ABC News. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Bundamba By-election". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Green, Antony. "Bundamba by-election". ABC News. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ Wardill, Steve. "Palaszczuk Government on brink of winning Currumbin by-election". The Courier Mail.
^ "Bundamba State By-Election". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 10 April 2020.