Electoral results for the district of Sherwood

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

Members for Sherwood[]

Member Party Term
  Tom Kerr Liberal 1950–1956
  John Herbert Liberal 1956–1978
  Angus Innes Liberal 1978–1990
  David Dunworth Liberal 1990–1992

Election results[]

Elections in the 1990s[]

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Dunworth 8,858 50.2 -3.7
Independent Labor Peter Pyke 7,114 40.3 +40.3
Democrats Gilruth Rees 1,151 6.5 +6.5
Grey Power Bernard Appel 393 2.2 +2.2
Independent Anthony Vestey 126 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 17,642 96.8 +0.2
Informal votes 573 3.2 -0.2
Turnout 18,215 80.3 -11.4
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1980s[]

1989 Queensland state election: Sherwood[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Angus Innes 10,837 53.9 -13.8
Labor Peter Pyke 9,282 46.1 +13.8
Total formal votes 20,119 96.6 +0.3
Informal votes 713 3.4 -0.3
Turnout 20,832 91.7 -0.4
Liberal hold Swing -13.8
1986 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Angus Innes 12,323 67.7 +27.6
Labor Peter Rowe 5,868 32.3 +0.7
Total formal votes 18,191 96.3
Informal votes 692 3.7
Turnout 18,883 92.1
Liberal hold Swing +4.3
1983 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Angus Innes 7,267 40.1 -14.6
Labor John Court 5,727 31.6 +5.0
National Christopher Stephens 4,585 25.3 +8.5
Independent Cedric Holland 546 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 18,125 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 194 1.1 0.0
Turnout 18,319 93.2 +3.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Angus Innes 12,087 66.7 -4.2
Labor John Court 6,038 33.3 +4.2
Liberal hold Swing -4.2
1980 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Angus Innes 9,004 54.7 -3.9
Labor Peter Doyle 4,384 26.6 -8.6
National Terrence Mahoney 2,762 16.8 +16.8
Progress Judith Forbes 320 1.9 -4.2
Total formal votes 16,470 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 178 1.1 0.0
Turnout 16,648 89.7 -2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Angus Innes 11,678 70.9 +8.0
Labor Peter Doyle 4,792 29.1 -8.0
Liberal hold Swing +8.0

Elections in the 1970s[]

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Angus Innes 6,269 42.2 -16.4
Labor Michael Kinnane 4,755 32.0 -3.2
Democrats Stanley Stanley 1,774 11.9 +11.9
National Desmond Draydon 1,527 10.3 +10.3
Progress Judith Forbes 290 2.0 -4.1
Independent Charles Connelly 134 0.9 +0.9
Communist Murray Broad 73 0.5 +0.5
National Front Victor Robb 35 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 14,857 98.2 -0.7
Informal votes 278 1.8 +0.7
Turnout 15,135 88.2 -4.0
After distribution of preferences
Liberal Angus Innes 8,012 53.9
Labor Michael Kinnane 4,889 32.9
Democrats Stanley Stanley 1,956 13.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.
1977 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 8,804 58.6 -11.1
Labor Michael Kinnane 5,291 35.2 +8.5
Progress Judith Forbes 919 6.1 +6.1
Total formal votes 15,014 98.9
Informal votes 161 1.1
Turnout 15,175 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Herbert 9,447 62.9 -11.1
Labor Michael Kinnane 5,567 37.1 +11.1
Liberal hold Swing -11.1
1974 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 10,898 69.7 +16.1
Labor Kerry Keating 4,171 26.7 -12.2
Queensland Labor Clarice Weedon 566 3.6 -3.9
Total formal votes 15,635 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 219 1.4 -0.3
Turnout 15,854 90.6 -2.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Herbert 11,368 72.7 +12.9
Labor Kerry Keating 4,267 27.3 -12.9
Liberal hold Swing +12.9
1972 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 6,817 53.6 -3.7
Labor Kerry Keating 4,947 38.9 +3.9
Queensland Labor Clarice Weedon 960 7.5 -0.2
Total formal votes 12,724 98.3
Informal votes 217 1.7
Turnout 12,941 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Herbert 7,615 59.8 -6.4
Labor Kerry Keating 5,109 40.2 +6.4
Liberal hold Swing -6.4

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 7,951 57.3 -9.3
Labor Robert Wilson 4,855 35.0 +1.6
Queensland Labor Clarice Weedon 1,072 7.7 +7.7
Total formal votes 13,878 98.1 -0.3
Informal votes 271 1.9 +0.3
Turnout 14,149 92.5 -0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Herbert 8,824 63.6 -3.0
Labor Robert Wilson 5,054 36.4 +3.0
Liberal hold Swing -3.0
1966 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 8,430 66.6 +5.9
Labor Gilbert Thorsen 4,233 33.4 +0.3
Total formal votes 12,663 98.4 +0.3
Informal votes 210 1.6 -0.3
Turnout 12,873 93.4 -1.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.6
1963 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 7,083 60.7 -2.2
Labor Vincent Kitson 3,855 33.1 -4.0
Queensland Labor Len Galligan 723 6.2 +6.2
Total formal votes 11,631 98.1 -0.4
Informal votes 231 1.9 +0.4
Turnout 11,892 95.2 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Herbert 7,692 66.0 +3.1
Labor Vincent Kitson 3,969 34.0 -3.1
Liberal hold Swing +3.1
1960 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 7,107 62.9
Labor Gordon Thomson 4,190 37.1
Total formal votes 11,297 98.5
Informal votes 173 1.5
Turnout 11,470 93.8
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s[]

1957 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 8,934 49.3 -1.8
Labor Doug Sherrington 5,810 32.1 -13.1
Queensland Labor Harry Wright 3,381 18.7 +18.7
Total formal votes 18,125 98.9 +1.9
Informal votes 198 1.1 -1.9
Turnout 18,323 94.4 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing +7.6
1956 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 8,384 51.1 +0.6
Labor Bart Lourigan 7,424 45.2 -3.5
Independent Margaret Fisher 400 2.4 +2.4
Communist Eugene Marshall 206 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 16,414 97.0 -1.8
Informal votes 500 3.0 +1.8
Turnout 16,914 93.9 -0.3
Liberal hold Swing +2.0
1953 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Kerr 6,830 50.5 -7.9
Labor Robert Mansfield 6,552 48.5 +6.9
Independent Pablo O'Dowd 141 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 13,523 98.8 -0.4
Informal votes 169 1.2 +0.4
Turnout 13,692 94.2 +0.8
Liberal hold Swing -7.4
1950 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Kerr 6,765 58.4
Labor Robert Mansfield 4,813 41.6
Total formal votes 11,578 99.2
Informal votes 96 0.8
Turnout 11,674 93.4
Liberal hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Sherwood". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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