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)
MemberPartyTerm
  Alex Dewar Liberal 1950–1960
Second incarnation (1992–2001)
MemberPartyTerm
  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
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