ALP 25.9%
Incumbent MP
Jo-Ann Miller, since 2000.
Geography
South-East Queensland. Bundamba covers the eastern Ipswich suburbs of Goodna, Redbank, Blackstone, Ebbw Vale, Riverview, Collingwood Park, Bellbird Park, Redbank Plains, Brookwater, Springfield Lakes and parts of Bundamba and Springfield. The seat covers the eastern parts of Ipswich local government area.
Redistribution
Bundamba shifted west, gaining the remainder of the suburb of Bundamba from Ipswich, and losing Augustine Heights, Brookwater and Springfield to Jordan. These changes increased the Labor margin from 21.4% to 25.9%.
History
The seat of Bundamba existed from 1873 to 1912. The current seat was created in 1992, and has been held by the ALP since then.
Bob Gibbs won the seat for the ALP in 1992. Gibbs had served as member for Wolston since 1977, and moved to Bundamba when his former seat was abolished.
Gibbs served as a minister in the Goss government from 1989 to 1996. He again served as a minister in the Beattie government from 1998 until his resignation from Parliament in 1999.
The seat was won by the ALP’s Jo-Ann Miller at a 2000 by-election. She has held the seat ever since, winning re-election six times.
Candidates
- Patrick Herbert (Liberal National)
- Shan Ju Lin (Independent)
- Trev Judd (Independent)
- Michelle Duncan (Greens)
- Jo-Ann Miller (Labor)
- Patricia Petersen (Independent)
Assessment
Bundamba is a very safe Labor seat – the safest in the state.
2015 election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Jo-Ann Miller | Labor | 20,413 | 61.2 | +22.3 | 63.9 |
| Stephen Fenton | Liberal National | 8,204 | 24.6 | -11.1 | 21.6 |
| Ava Greenwood | Greens | 2,732 | 8.2 | +3.1 | 7.9 |
| Luke Harris | Family First | 2,007 | 6.0 | +2.8 | 6.1 |
| Others | 0.5 | ||||
| One Nation | 0.1 | ||||
| Informal | 782 | 2.3 |
2015 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Jo-Ann Miller | Labor | 22,753 | 71.4 | +19.6 | 75.9 |
| Stephen Fenton | Liberal National | 9,101 | 28.6 | -19.6 | 24.1 |
| Exhausted | 1,502 | 4.5 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Bundamba have been divided into three areas: central, south-east and west.
The ALP won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 71.1% in the west to 78.2% in the south-east.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| South-East | 78.2 | 10,266 | 42.4 |
| Central | 77.0 | 4,288 | 17.7 |
| West | 71.1 | 3,361 | 13.9 |
| Other votes | 68.0 | 6,290 | 26.0 |
Two-party-preferred votes in Bundamba at the 2015 QLD state election
PHON has strangely confirmed they won’t be contesting Bundamba, one seat they could’ve actually won with LNP preferences. But now it’ll remain a very safe Labor seat.
Labor held Bumdamba even during the 2012 shambles. I doubt anyone could seriously have threatened them this time.
No real interest here. The ALP could put a monkey or a frog on the ticket and still win this seat comfortably.
One Nation have declared they are not running and the LNP are still to name a candidate so not much interest here at all
Shan Ju Lin is the independent candidate for Bundamba.
Jo-Ann Miller causing problems for Labor by publicly getting all “BFF foreva” with Pauline Hanson.
I assume she wouldn’t publicly defect before the election even if she wanted to…she needs the ‘Labor’ brand in a seat like this. But after the election, if it’s very close, I wonder if she’d jump ship to help ON and the LNP….
Bundamba would have been a high One Nation voting area had they run someone, not sure it hurts her at all. Certainly not in her seat. Maybe in some inner Brisbane seats yes.
Easy Labor retain. Boring seat. Nothing to see here.
Probable One Nation gain … Miller showed her hand yesterday. Win or lose, Labor would be mad to keep her in their ranks after Saturday.