Electoral results for the district of Chermside

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Chermside in Queensland state elections.

Members for Chermside

First incarnation (1950–1960)
Member		Party	Term
	Alex Dewar	Liberal	1950–1960
Second incarnation (1992–2001)
Member		Party	Term
	Terry Sullivan	Labour	1992–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Chermside^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Sullivan	9,345	49.89	-1.97
	Liberal	Zenia Belcher	5,623	30.02	-12.16
	One Nation	Hazel Walsh	2,905	15.51	+15.51
	Democrats	John Lambert	717	3.83	+3.83
	Reform	Noel Otto	141	0.75	+0.75
Total formal votes			18,731	98.67	+0.19
Informal votes			253	1.33	-0.19
Turnout			18,984	93.13	-0.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry Sullivan	10,456	59.02	+3.68
	Liberal	Zenia Belcher	7,260	40.98	-3.68
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.68

Queensland state election, 1995: Chermside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Sullivan	9,784	51.86	-7.87
	Liberal	Zenia Belcher	7,958	42.18	+15.75
	Independent	Matthew Low	1,124	5.96	+5.96
Total formal votes			18,866	98.48	+0.47
Informal votes			292	1.52	-0.47
Turnout			19,158	93.34	+0.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry Sullivan	10,352	55.34	-6.36
	Liberal	Zenia Belcher	8,353	44.66	+6.36
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.36

Queensland state election, 1992: Chermside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Sullivan	11,799	59.7	+5.3
	Liberal	Keith Schafferius	5,221	26.4	-5.0
	National	Doug Foggo	2,734	13.8	+2.9
Total formal votes			19,754	98.0
Informal votes			401	2.0
Turnout			20,155	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry Sullivan	12,050	61.7	+5.0
	Liberal	Keith Schafferius	7,479	38.3	-5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Chermside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	9,476	54.1	-4.4
	Labor	Leslie Sampson	4,487	25.6	-15.9
	Queensland Labor	John Parry	3,546	20.3	+20.3
Total formal votes			17,509	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			193	1.1	-0.3
Turnout			17,702	95.8	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.4

Queensland state election, 1956: Chermside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	9,617	58.5	+6.9
	Labor	Dudley Ryder	6,831	41.5	-6.9
Total formal votes			16,448	98.6	-0.6
Informal votes			230	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			16,678	94.2	-0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.9

Queensland state election, 1953: Chermside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	7,306	51.6	-8.5
	Labor	Kenneth McRae	6,844	48.4	+8.5
Total formal votes			14,150	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			116	0.8	-0.5
Turnout			14,266	95.0	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.5

Queensland state election, 1950: Chermside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	6,910	60.1
	Labor	James Macarthur	4,585	39.9
Total formal votes			11,495	98.7
Informal votes			150	1.3
Turnout			11,645	94.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

1. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/qld/results/1998/Chermside.htm