# Candidates of the 2020 Queensland state election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 2020 Queensland state election. The election was held on 31 October 2020.

## By-Elections

* On 2 February 2019, Jason Costigan (Whitsunday) resigned and sat as an Independent, before forming his own party the North Queensland First.
* On 1 February, Jann Stuckey (Currumbin) resigned. At the by-election on 28 March 2020, Laura Gerber retained the seat for the Liberal National Party.
* On 20 February, Jo-Ann Miller (Bundamba) resigned. At the by-election on 28 March 2020, Lance McCallum retained the seat for the Labor Party.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Kate Jones MP (Cooper) – Announced 10 September 2020
* Anthony Lynham MP (Stafford) – Announced 10 September 2020
* Coralee O'Rourke MP (Mundingburra) – Announced 5 September 2020

### Liberal National

* Mark McArdle MP (Caloundra) – Announced retirement 27 June 2019
* Ted Sorensen MP (Hervey Bay) – Announced retirement 25 May 2020
* Simone Wilson MP (Pumicestone) – Announced retirement 27 September 2019

## Legislative Assembly

There are 597 candidates who nominated for the 2020 state election.
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | LNP candidate | Greens candidate | One Nation candidate | Other candidates |
| Algester | Labor | Leeanne Enoch | Nerissa Aitken | Josie Mira | Wayne Stacey | |
| Aspley | Labor | Bart Mellish | Amanda Cooper | James Hansen | Walter Hardy | Joshua Morrison (UAP) Neil Skilbeck (CLM) |
| Bancroft | Labor | Chris Whiting | Phil Carlson | Ell-Leigh Ackerman | Nik Aai Reddy | Barry Grant (Ind) |
| Barron River | Labor | Craig Crawford | Linda Cooper | Aaron McDonald | Susan Andrews | Adam Rowe (IMOP) Jenny Brown (UAP) |
| Bonney | LNP | Ash Borg | Sam O'Connor | Amin Javanmard | Michael Rix | David Bark (UAP) Leanna Marquet (Ind) |
| Broadwater | LNP | Maureen Simpson | David Crisafulli | April Broadbent | Jesse Schneider | Mara Krischker (UAP) Natalie O'Donnell (IMOP) |
| Buderim | LNP | Ken Mackenzie | Brent Mickelberg | Deborah Moseley | Joyce Hosking | Michael Andrews (Ind) Alison Barry-Jones (Ind) Steve Dickson (Ind) Alina Lee (IMOP) Daniel Philp (UAP) |
| Bulimba | Labor | Di Farmer | Anthony Bishop | Rolf Kuelsen | Doug Conway | Finn Armstrong-Schmakeit (Ind) |
| Bundaberg | LNP | Tom Smith | David Batt | Claire Ogden | Stewart Jones | Shane Smeltz (UAP) Ian Zunker (LCQ) |
| Bundamba | Labor | Lance McCallum | Robert Shearman | Danielle Mutton | Sharon Bell | Angela Lowery (AJP) |
| Burdekin | LNP | Michael Brunker | Dale Last | Jack Smith | Clive Remmer | Sam Cox (KAP) Carolyn Moriarty (NQF) Dominique Thiriet (AJP) Benjamin Wood (UAP) |
| Burleigh | LNP | Wayne Bartholomew | Michael Hart | Rachel Mebberson | Georgie Batty | Carlo Filingari (UAP) Scott Wallace (AJP) Ingrid Weber (LCQ) |
| Burnett | LNP | Kerri Morgan | Stephen Bennett | Liam Johns | Geoffrey Mansell | Elizabeth Case (IMOP) Ric Glass (Ind) Paul Hudson (KAP) |
| Cairns | Labor | Michael Healy | Sam Marino | Daniel Dench | Darrin Griffith | Sarah Baxter (IMOP) David Wright (UAP) |
| Callide | LNP | Gordon Earnshaw | Colin Boyce | Anthony Walsh | | Adam Burling (Ind) Loris Doessel (Ind) |
| Caloundra | LNP | Jason Hunt | Stuart Coward | Raelene Ellis | Luke Poland | Trevor Gray (UAP) Belinda Hart (IMOP) Mathew Hill (Ind) Mike Jessop (Ind) |
| Capalaba | Labor | Don Brown | Bev Walters | Michael Metzen | Neal Gilmore | Paul Branagan (Ind) Peter Callil (CLM) Marilyn Winters (IMOP) |
| Chatsworth | LNP | Lisa O'Donnell | Steve Minnikin | Kathryn Fry | Aaron Clarke | Andrew Crook (UAP) Madonna Guy (IMOP) |
| Clayfield | LNP | Philip Anthony | Tim Nicholls | Andrew Bartlett | Abby Douglas | Rob King (Ind) Kathy Maloney (CLM) |
| Condamine | LNP | Brendon Huybregts | Pat Weir | Sean Womersley | Greg Priebe | Nui Harris (UAP) |
| Cook | Labor | Cynthia Lui | Nipper Brown | Deby Ruddell | Brettlyn Neal | Yodie Batzkie (Ind) Stephen Goulmy (UAP) Tanika Parker (KAP) Desmond Tayley (NQF) |
| Coomera | LNP | Chris Johnson | Michael Crandon | Lissy Gavranich | Tabita Wilkinson | Kris Bourbon (Ind) Shé D'Montford (IMOP) Heath Gallagher (UAP) Darryl Prout (AJP) |
| Cooper | Labor | Jonty Bush | Trent Wiseman | Katinka Winston-Allom | Susan Ventnor | Robert Wiltshire (Ind) |
| Currumbin | LNP | Kaylee Campradt | Laura Gerber | Peter Burgoyne | Glen Wadsworth | Ian Logan (Ind) Anna Palmer (UAP) Richard Stuckey (Ind) Tracy Takacs-Thorne (Ind) |
| Everton | LNP | Danielle Shankey | Tim Mander | Helen Rath | Mal Johnson | Joanne Dissanayake (IMOP) Frank Jordan (LCQ) Simon Russ (UAP) Jabez Wells (Ind) |
| Ferny Grove | Labor | Mark Furner | Chris Lehmann | Joel Colls | Elton Williams | John McCabe (UAP) Susan Pini (IMOP) Mark Scofield (Ind) |
| Gaven | Labor | Meaghan Scanlon | Kirsten Jackson | Sally Spain | Sharon Sewell | Garry Beck (UAP) Reyna Drake (CLM) Suzette Luyken (LCQ) |
| Gladstone | Labor | Glenn Butcher | Ron Harding | Emma Eastaughffe | Kevin Jorgensen | Murray Peterson (Ind) |
| Glass House | LNP | Brent Hampstead | Andrew Powell | Andrew McLean | Graeme Campbell | Laressa McCoy (IMOP) James McDonald (UAP) |
| Greenslopes | Labor | Joe Kelly | Andrew Newbold | Victor Huml | John Booker | Jazzy Melhop (IMOP) |
| Gregory | LNP | Dave Kerrigan | Lachlan Millar | Paul Bambrick | Clint Rothery | Bruce Currie (CLM) Tania Kiara (IMOP) Thomas Turner (UAP) |
| Gympie | LNP | Geoff Williams | Tony Perrett | Lauren Granger-Brown | Michael Blaxland | Nicholas Fairbairn (IMOP) Tim Jerome (Ind) Roland Maertens (Ind) Donna Reardon (Ind) |
| Hervey Bay | LNP | Adrian Tantari | Steve Coleman | Sonja Gerdsen | Damian Huxham | Amy Byrnes (AJP) Stuart Taylor (Ind) |
| Hill | KAP | Michael Hodgkins | Nick Cuda | Jennifer Cox | | Peter Campion (Ind) Tara Garozzo (IMOP) Shane Knuth* (KAP) Chester Tuxford (Ind) |
| Hinchinbrook | KAP | Paul Jacob | Scott Piper | Carolyn Mewing | Michael Sullivan | Nick Dametto* (KAP) Aurelio Mason (UAP) Jen Sackley (Ind) |
| Inala | Labor | Annastacia Palaszczuk | Miljenka Perovic | Peter Murphy | Scott Reid | Terry Jones (Ind) Nigel Quinlan (LCQ) Michael Vidal (CLM) |
| Ipswich | Labor | Jennifer Howard | Scott O'Connell | Pat Walsh | Suzie Holmes | Shelly Morton (LCQ) |
| Ipswich West | Labor | Jim Madden | Chris Green | Raven Wolf | Gary Duffy | Clem Grieger (CLM) Anthony Hopkins (LCQ) Karakan Kochardy (Ind) |
| Jordan | Labor | Charis Mullen | Andrew Mooney | Navdeep Singh | Neil Symes | |
| Kawana | LNP | Bill Redpath | Jarrod Bleijie | Anna Sri | Lyn Moussalli | Pamela Mariko (AJP) Afrikah McGladrigan (UAP) |
| Keppel | Labor | Brittany Lauga | Adrian de Groot | Clancy Mullbrick | Wade Rothery | James Dockery (LCQ) Paula Ganfield (IMOP) Nikki Smeltz (UAP) |
| Kurwongbah | Labor | Shane King | Kerry Petrus | Earl Snijders | Kim Attrill | Heather Dwane (AJP) Thor Prohaska (Ind) |
| Lockyer | LNP | Janet Butler | Jim McDonald | Rebecca Haley | Corey West | Andrew Rockliff (UAP) Jim Savage (Ind) |
| Logan | Labor | Linus Power | Clinton Pattison | Liam Jenkinson | Peter Weber | Sam Iskander (UAP) |
| Lytton | Labor | Joan Pease | Gordon Walters | Ken Austin | Debra Smith | Georgia Phillips (IMOP) Jonathan Spaits (UAP) |
| Macalister | Labor | Melissa McMahon | Judi Van Manen | Kirsty Petersen | Bronwyn Bye | Margaret Keech (Ind) David McClaer (UAP) Ben Musgrave (CLM) Paul Taylor (Ind) |
| Mackay | Labor | Julieanne Gilbert | Chris Bonanno | Imogen Lindenberg | Christine Keys | Shaun Kristic (LCQ) Julie Saunders (IMOP) |
| Maiwar | Greens | Palani Thevar | Lauren Day | Michael Berkman | Boyd Shannon | Michael Johnson (Ind) Jacob Rush (UAP) |
| Mansfield | Labor | Corrine McMillan | Janet Wishart | Rob Walter | Christopher O'Callaghan | Brendan Taylor (LCQ) Maria Todorova (UAP) Jarrod Wirth (Ind) |
| Maroochydore | LNP | Alison Smith | Fiona Simpson | Gabrielle Unverzagt | Rod McCormack | John Connolly (Ind) Janet Creevey (Ind) Tash Poole (AJP) Greg Searle (UAP) Mark Wadeson (Ind) |
| Maryborough | Labor | Bruce Saunders | Denis Chapman | Craig Armstrong | Sharon Lohse | River Body (LCQ) Samantha Packer (IMOP) Alex Sokolov (UAP) |
| McConnel | Labor | Grace Grace | Pinky Singh | Kirsten Lovejoy | Anne Perry | Miranda Bertram (Ind) John Dobinson (Ind) Alan Hamilton (IMOP) Paul Swan (LCQ) Malcolm Wood (UAP) |
| Mermaid Beach | LNP | Carl Ungerer | Ray Stevens | Zai Harris | Stephen James | Hristo Avdjiev (UAP) Rhett Holt (Ind) Tory Jones (Ind) Deb Lynch (LCQ) Nicholas McArthur-Williams (Ind) Suphakan Somsriruen (CLM) |
| Miller | Labor | Mark Bailey | Paul Darwen | Patsy O'Brien | Maria Packer | Edward Carroll (Ind) Christian Julius (UAP) Josip Zirdum (LCQ) |
| Mirani | One Nation | Shane Hamilton | Tracie Newitt | Ben Watkin | Stephen Andrew | Jason Borg (NQF) Tepepe Borg (UAP) Nick Byram (CLM) |
| Moggill | LNP | Roberta Albrecht | Christian Rowan | Lawson McCane | Bruce Mitchell | Amy Rayward (CLM) |
| Morayfield | Labor | Mark Ryan | Theresa Craig | Amy Smith | Rodney Hansen | Grant Matthews (IMOP) Jason Snow (Ind) |
| Mount Ommaney | Labor | Jess Pugh | Roger Hooper | Asha Worsteling | Michael Powell | Clive Brazier (LCQ) Ian Eugarde (Ind) |
| Mudgeeraba | LNP | Maxim Otten-Kamp | Ros Bates | Scott Turner | Andrew Liddell | Lindon Cox (AJP) Leith Erikson (Ind) Brandon McMahon (UAP) Gary Pead (Ind) Mark Pytellek (CLM) Bill Sherwood (Ind) |
| Mulgrave | Labor | Curtis Pitt | Gerry Vallianos | Sue Cory | Francis Bartorillo | Attila Feher-Holan (KAP) |
| Mundingburra | Labor | Les Walker | Glenn Doyle | Jenny Brown | Ian Bowron | Martin Brewster (UAP) Susan Jackson (LCQ) Alannah Tomlinson (KAP) |
| Murrumba | Labor | Steven Miles | Yvonne Barlow | Jason Kennedy | Karen Haddock | Stewart Clark (Ind) Leichelle McMahon (SFF) |
| Nanango | LNP | Mark Stapleton | Deb Frecklington | John Harbison | Tony Scrimshaw | Maggie O'Rance (LCQ) |
| Nicklin | LNP | Robert Skelton | Marty Hunt | Sue Etheridge | Michael Cardinal | Riccardo Bosi (Ind) Allona Lahn (IMOP) |
| Ninderry | LNP | Melinda Dodds | Dan Purdie | Dan Bryar | Frank Weijers | Jay Giles (UAP) Andrea Newland-Blackmore (IMOP) |
| Noosa | Independent | Mark Denham | James Blevin | Rhonda Prescott | Tracey Bell-Henselin | Sandy Bolton* (Ind) Darrell Redford (AJP) |
| Nudgee | Labor | Leanne Linard | Ryan Shaw | Jim Davies | Carrol Halliwell | Dan Pritchard (IMOP) |
| Oodgeroo | LNP | Irene Henley | Mark Robinson | Ian Mazlin | Douglas Chapman | Kirstyn Marriott (IMOP) Claire Richardson (Ind) |
| Pine Rivers | Labor | Nikki Boyd | Kara Thomas | Tara Seiffert-Smith | Christopher Leech | Stephen Austin (UAP) Maureen Brohman (AJP) Alissa Pattrick (IMOP) Bruce Vaschina (Ind) |
| Pumicestone | LNP | Ali King | Fiona Gaske | Richard Ogden | Ross Konowalenko | Ryan Dryden (LCQ) Steven Newbery (UAP) |
| Redcliffe | Labor | Yvette D'Ath | Kerri-Anne Dooley | Will Simon | Virginia Davy | Robert Blohberger (UAP) Carolyn Kerr (Ind) Ian Philp (Ind) |
| Redlands | Labor | Kim Richards | Henry Pike | Carmen McNaught | Peter Williams | Frank Brady (LCQ) Craig Gunnis (UAP) Michelle Maher (IMOP) Andrew Pope (SFF) |
| Rockhampton | Labor | Barry O'Rourke | Tony Hopkins | Mick Jones | Torin O'Brien | Laura Barnard (LCQ) Paul Crangle (UAP) Dominic Doblo (Ind) Yvette Saxon (IMOP) Christian Shepherd (KAP) |
| Sandgate | Labor | Stirling Hinchliffe | Clark Siemsen | Miree Le Roy | Rodney Miles | Todd Milham (Ind) |
| Scenic Rim | LNP | Luz Stanton | Jon Krause | Pietro Agnoletto | Paul Henselin | Brad Fowler (UAP) Deborah Husbands (IMOP) |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Jackie Trad | Clem Grehan | Amy MacMahon | Rosalie Taxis | John Jiggens (Ind) John Meyer (Ind) Marcus Thorne (UAP) |
| Southern Downs | LNP | Joel Richters | James Lister | Tom Henderson | Rosemary Moulden | Malcolm Richardson (SFF) Debbie Waldron (LCQ) |
| Southport | LNP | Susie Gallagher | Rob Molhoek | Alan Quinn | Raphael Felix | Maria Avdjieva (UAP) Jack Drake (CLM) Brett Lambert (Ind) |
| Springwood | Labor | Mick de Brenni | Kirrily Boulton | Janina Leo | Glen Cookson | Judy Rush (AJP) Ian Sganzerla (CLM) Gueorgui Sokolov (UAP) |
| Stafford | Labor | Jimmy Sullivan | Ed Sangjitphun | Stephen Bates | Kerrie Dwyer | Anthony Conciatore (Ind) Jeff Hodges (CLM) |
| Stretton | Labor | Duncan Pegg | Peter Zhuang | Andrea Wildin | Alexey Chekhunov | |
| Surfers Paradise | LNP | Brianna Bailey | John-Paul Langbroek | Nelson Quinn | Leanne Schultz | Roger McKay (UAP) |
| Theodore | LNP | Tracey Bell | Mark Boothman | John Woodlock | Anita Holland | Robert Marks (UAP) Gale Oxenford (Ind) |
| Thuringowa | Labor | Aaron Harper | Natalie Marr | Heidi Hardisty | Jeni Alexander | Michael Turner (UAP) Julianne Wood (KAP) |
| Toohey | Labor | Peter Russo | Warren Craze | Claire Garton | Claudia Roel | Nikolas Peterson (LCQ) |
| Toowoomba North | LNP | Megan O'Hara Sullivan | Trevor Watts | Alyce Nelligan | Ron Humphrey | Stella Sokolova (UAP) |
| Toowoomba South | LNP | Susan Krause | David Janetzki | Thomas Coyne | Dylan Kozlowski | Robert Berry (Ind) Allan Turner (UAP) |
| Townsville | Labor | Scott Stewart | John Hathaway | Tom O'Grady | Clive Clarkson | Greg Dowling (UAP) Samara Grumberg (AJP) Clynton Hawks (NQF) Toni McMahon (IMOP) Josh Schwarz (KAP) |
| Traeger | KAP | James Bambrick | Marnie Smith | Kristian Horvath | | Robbie Katter* (KAP) Craig Scriven (Ind) |
| Warrego | LNP | Mark O'Brien | Ann Leahy | Joshua Sanderson | Joshua Coyne | Rick Gurnett (KAP) Mark Stone (Ind) |
| Waterford | Labor | Shannon Fentiman | Andrew Caswell | Lachlan Smart | Kim Miller | Lanai Carter (Ind) Ben Olsen (CLM) |
| Whitsunday | LNP | Angie Kelly | Amanda Camm | Emma Barrett | Deb Lawson | Greg Armstrong (UAP) Jason Costigan (NQF) Paul Hilder (LCQ) Ciaron Patterson (KAP) |
| Woodridge | Labor | Cameron Dick | Russell Bauer | Valerie Bennett | Lann Valentine | |