Cameron Caldwell
Cameron MacKenzie Caldwell is an Australian politician who is a member of the Australian [House of Representatives|House of Representatives] representing the Division of Fadden. He was elected in the Fadden by-election|Fadden by-election] in July 2023. He is a member of the Liberal [National Party of Queensland] and sits with the Liberal Party in the federal parliament.
Before his election to federal parliament, he served as a councillor on the City of Gold Coast council since 2012.
Early life
Caldwell was born in Mount Isa, Queensland. He grew up in Redcliffe and attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee, going on to Queensland University of Technology. Prior to his election to parliament, he ran a law firm in the Gold Coast suburb of Hope Island.Political career
Caldwell was pre-selected by the Liberal National Party to run in the seat of Broadwater at the 2012 Queensland state election. In February 2012, a month before the election, he was disendorsed after the party received a complaint from a member of the public about a trip Caldwell had made to a swinger's club. LNP leader Campbell Newman defended the party's decision to dump Caldwell.In April later that year, Caldwell was elected as the councillor for Division 3 of the City of Gold Coast. He was re-elected in 2016, and then elected as the councillor for Division 4 in 2020 [Gold Coast City Council election|2020].
During his time as councillor, in December 2012, while acting mayor of the Gold Coast, Caldwell was accused of assaulting a property developer at a charity function, allegedly grabbing him by the throat, which Caldwell denied.