THE Liberal National Party's latest disendorsed candidate for Broadwater says he was asked to resign for visiting a swingers club more than three years ago.
Lawyer Cameron Caldwell was disendorsed after a member of the public made a complaint about him, the LNP said on Friday.
In a statement cited by the Seven Network, Mr Caldwell said he and his wife had visited the Gold Coast swingers club Utopia as guests on one occasion three to four years ago.
"At no stage was there any impropriety whilst there. We had a social drink and then we left," Mr Caldwell said.
He said he was given the chance to resign but didn't believe it was warranted.
"The party had reservations to the headline-grabbing distractions that would be caused," he said.
"...I am disappointed with the outcome and I wish the party every success in the upcoming election."
Earlier, LNP state director Michael O'Dwyer said the decision to disendorse Mr Caldwell was made after a member of the public made a complaint to a senior party official.
The nature of the complaint was not revealed.
"Mr Caldwell was offered the chance to put forward his version of events, however, the nature of these matters were at conflict with the standards of the LNP," Mr O'Dwyer said in a statement on Friday.
"The LNP believes that its candidates should uphold high standards of behaviour in line with community expectations and on this occasion those standards have not been met."
Mr Caldwell had replaced Richard Towson, who quit as the LNP's candidate for the Gold Coast seat in January after he was caught drink-driving.
The LNP has now endorsed a third candidate for the seat, Verity Barton.
Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke is also considering a tilt at Broadwater and is expected to decide by Sunday whether he'll contest it.
Labor's Peta-Kaye Croft holds the seat by a narrow margin.
