| Capalaba Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Capalaba (2017—)
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| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1992–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Don Brown | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Capalaba | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 36,176 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 45 km2 (17.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°31′S 153°13′E / 27.517°S 153.217°E / -27.517; 153.217 | ||||||||||||||
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Capalaba is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland, Australia. The electorate is centred on the suburb of Capalaba, in Redland City east of Brisbane, and includes parts of the adjoining suburbs of Alexandra Hills and Birkdale.[1]
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Jim Elder | Labor | 1992–2000 | |
| Independent | 2000–2001 | ||
| Michael Choi | Labor | 2001–2012 | |
| Steve Davies | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Don Brown | Labor | 2015–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Don Brown | 15,160 | 48.21 | +5.36 | |
| Liberal National | Bev Walters | 9,719 | 30.91 | +5.56 | |
| Greens | Michael Metzen | 2,500 | 7.95 | −0.49 | |
| Independent | Paul Branagan | 1,655 | 5.26 | +5.26 | |
| One Nation | Neal Gilmore | 1,631 | 5.19 | −14.31 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Marilyn Winters | 530 | 1.69 | +1.69 | |
| Civil Liberties & Motorists | Peter Callil | 252 | 0.80 | +0.80 | |
| Total formal votes | 31,447 | 96.19 | +0.51 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,246 | 3.81 | −0.51 | ||
| Turnout | 32,693 | 90.37 | +0.10 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Don Brown | 18,807 | 59.81 | +1.95 | |
| Liberal National | Bev Walters | 12,640 | 40.19 | −1.95 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.95 | |||
