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

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

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