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

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