Calamvale – Brisbane 2024

Council margin – LNP 2.2%
Mayoral margin – LNP 2.9%

Incumbent councillor
Angela Owen, since 2016. Previously councillor for Parkinson 2008-2016.

Geography
Outer south of Brisbane. Calamvale covers the suburbs of Algester, Calamvale, Drewvale, Heathwood, Parkinson and Stretton, right on the southern border of the City of Brisbane.

History
Calamvale is a successor ward to Parkinson, which itself replaced Acacia Ridge ward in 2008.

Labor’s Kevin Bianchi had won Acacia Ridge in 1991, and retained his seat in 1994, 1997, 2000 and 2004, the last time with a 3.8% margin.

In 2008, Bianchi retired and the new Parkinson ward, with a notional Labor margin of 1.3%. Liberal candidate Angela Owen-Taylor (now Angela Owen) won Parkinson with a 7.6% swing, and in 2012 she was re-elected with a further 10.8% swing.

The ward was renamed “Calamvale” in 2016, and Owen was re-elected in 2016 and 2020.

Candidates

  • Emily Kim (Labor)
  • Angela Owen (Liberal National)
  • Assessment
    Calamvale is a marginal seat.

    2020 council result

    Candidate Party Votes % Swing
    Angela Owen Liberal National 11,887 48.3 -10.7
    James Martin Labor 10,316 41.9 +11.2
    Josie Mira Greens 2,393 9.7 -0.5
    Informal 692 2.7

    2020 council two-candidate-preferred result

    Candidate Party Votes % Swing
    Angela Owen Liberal National 12,156 52.2 -12.5
    James Martin Labor 11,113 47.8 +12.5
    Exhausted 1,327 5.4

    2020 mayoral result

    Candidate Party Votes % Swing
    Adrian Schrinner Liberal National 8,604 44.8 -11.3
    Pat Condren Labor 7,406 38.5 +5.3
    Kath Angus Greens 1,600 8.3 +2.8
    Karagh-Mae Kelly Animal Justice 787 4.1 +4.1
    Frank Jordan Independent 250 1.3 +1.3
    Jeff Hodges Motorists Party 213 1.1 +1.1
    John Dobinson Independent 179 0.9 +0.9
    Ben Gorringe Independent 100 0.5 +0.5
    Jarrod Wirth Independent 83 0.4 -0.2
    Informal 619 3.1

    2020 mayoral two-party-preferred result

    Candidate Party Votes % Swing
    Adrian Schrinner Liberal National 9,058 52.9 -8.9
    Pat Condren Labor 8,069 47.1 +8.9
    Exhausted 2,095 10.9

    Booth breakdown

    Calamvale only contains two significant booths so hasn’t been split up by sub-area. Instead I’ve reported those two booths separately and unified the other tiny booths as “others”.

    Labor won a sizeable majority of the vote at both of those election day booths, and indeed at every election day booth. The LNP won a majority thanks to clear majorities in all the special vote categories, which made up a large majority of the vote in 2020.

    Voter group GRN prim council LNP 2PP council LNP 2PP mayoral Total votes % of votes
    Calamvale 13.2 45.4 48.2 2,561 10.4
    Algester 10.3 43.9 46.4 1,964 8.0
    Other votes 10.1 53.8 49.0 7,854 31.9
    Postal 8.8 54.9 57.2 6,775 27.5
    Pre-poll 7.5 54.2 53.3 4,202 17.1
    Others 12.1 48.0 47.7 1,240 5.0

    Council election results in Calamvale at the 2020 Brisbane City Council election
    Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal National Party, Labor and the Greens.

    Mayoral election results in Calamvale at the 2020 Brisbane City Council election
    Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal National Party and Labor.

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