Council margin – LNP 23.4%
Mayoral margin – LNP 26.7%
Incumbent councillor
Norm Wyndham, since 2004.
Geography
Northern Brisbane. McDowall covers the suburbs of Bridgeman Downs, Everton Park and McDowall, and parts of Aspley, Chermside West and Stafford.
Redistribution
McDowall maintained all of its existing territory and gained small parts of Bracken Ridge and Marchant. These changes had no impact on the margin.
History
McDowall was won in 2000 by Labor candidate Rita Collins by a slim 1.1% margin.
In 2004, Collins lost to Liberal candidate Norm Wyndham by a 4.1% margin.
Wyndham was re-elected in 2008 with a 12.6% margin and again in 2012 with a 23.4% margin.
Candidates
- Liam Culverhouse (Labor)
- Joshua Sanderson (Greens)
- Norm Wyndham (Liberal National)
Assessment
McDowall was a marginal seat at the peak of Labor support in the year 2000, but in most years is likely to stay with the LNP.
2012 council result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Norman Wyndham | Liberal National | 15,804 | 73.4 | +1.8 | 73.2 |
| Bettina Currie | Labor | 5,727 | 26.6 | -1.8 | 26.4 |
| Greens | 0.4 | ||||
| Informal | 459 | 2.1 |
2012 council two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Norman Wyndham | Liberal National | 15,804 | 73.4 | +1.8 | 73.4 |
| Bettina Currie | Labor | 5,727 | 26.6 | -1.8 | 26.6 |
2012 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 15,490 | 71.7 | +1.0 | 71.6 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 4,296 | 19.9 | -3.2 | 19.9 |
| Andrew Bartlett | Greens | 1,439 | 6.7 | +2.5 | 6.7 |
| Rory Killen | Independent | 206 | 1.0 | +1.0 | 1.0 |
| Chris Carson | Independent | 183 | 0.9 | +0.9 | 0.8 |
| Informal | 384 | 1.8 |
2012 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 15,699 | 76.8 | +2.0 | 76.7 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 4,756 | 23.3 | -2.0 | 23.3 |
| Exhausted | 1,159 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in McDowall have been divided into three parts: north, south-east and south-west.
The LNP’s two-party-preferred vote was lowest in the south-east and highest in the north.
| Voter group | LNP council 2PP | LNP mayoral 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| South-West | 73.9 | 77.4 | 6,547 | 29.0 |
| North | 77.0 | 81.4 | 6,125 | 27.1 |
| South-East | 67.0 | 69.6 | 3,836 | 17.0 |
| Other votes | 73.3 | 75.6 | 6,073 | 26.9 |
