Pauline Hanson said she will stand by one of her Townsville candidates, after he was linked to a Facebook post about domestic violence.

“I’m not backing down from this and I’m not disendorsing Mark,” she told Seven News.

Mark Thornton, the party’s candidate for the seat of Thuringowa, confirmed in a Friday afternoon press conference he owns adult store Cupids Cabin.

The Cupids Cabin Facebook post that makes reference to domestic violence.

The business's Facebook page, which Mr Thornton said is managed by his wife, posted in January 2016: "Good sex should be in the gray (sic) area between 'tickle fight' and domestic violence".