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By Jonathan Hair

One Nation dumps Queensland election candidate John Cox

Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has dumped another Queensland state election candidate.

John Cox was planning to stand for the party in the electorate of Redcliffe, north of Brisbane.

Mr Cox made headlines earlier this year over comments on social media questioning the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

At the time One Nation stood by him, but that has now changed.

He is the eighth candidate the party has lost in Queensland, seven have been dumped or forced withdraw their candidacy in the lead up to the election.

State campaign director Michael Pucci confirmed to the ABC Mr Cox was no longer running for the seat.

He said the move was over "internal stuff", adding "people leave for various reasons".

Mr Pucci refused to confirm if the dumping was over controversy caused by Mr Cox, only saying he was not involved in the decision process.

"The decision was made by the executive," he said.

Mr Pucci said One Nation was now looking for a new candidate for Redcliffe.

Mr Cox's profile has been removed from the One Nation website, and his Facebook page appears to have been deleted.

He joins the growing list of candidates who have been dropped by the party for various reasons ahead of the state poll.

The first to be dumped was the candidate for Currumbin Andy Semple, who refused to delete a tweet about the LGBTI community.

Peter Rogers was dumped as the endorsed candidate for Mulgrave after he claimed the Port Arthur massacre was faked, and Elise Cottam was sacked as a candidate for Callide after not paying a campaign fee.

Diane Happ, the former candidate for Mermaid Beach, fell out with One Nation over the cost of electoral material and Mark Ellis quit running for Macalister after bad publicity about an incident in his former police career.

Bundamba candidate Shan Ju Lin was disendorsed by the party after making anti-gay comments.

Ms Hanson said in a statement at the time that Ms Lin's comments were "not the views shared by One Nation."

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