Electoral results for the district of Sherwood

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

1990 Sherwood state by-election
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

1978 Sherwood state by-election
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.