Electoral results for the district of Chermside

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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 Labor 1992–2001

Election results[]

Elections in the 1990s[]

The results for the 1998 election were:[1]

1998 Queensland state election: Chermside
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
1995 Queensland state election: 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
1992 Queensland state election: 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[]

1957 Queensland state election: 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
1956 Queensland state election: 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
1953 Queensland state election: 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
1950 Queensland state election: 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. ^ "Chermside - 1998 - Election Archive". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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