# 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

First incarnation (1950–1960) :
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Alex Dewar | Liberal | 1950–1960 |
| Second incarnation (1992–2001) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Terry Sullivan | Labor | 1992–2001 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1990s

The results for the 1998 election were:
1998 Queensland state election: Chermside :
| Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,731 | 98.67 | +0.19 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 253 | 1.33 | −0.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | +3.68 | |
1995 Queensland state election: Chermside :
| Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,866 | 98.48 | +0.47 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 292 | 1.52 | −0.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | -6.36 | |
1992 Queensland state election: Chermside :
| Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,754 | 98.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 401 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | +5.0 | |

### Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Chermside :
| Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,509 | 98.9 | +0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 193 | 1.1 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,702 | 95.8 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +9.4 | |
1956 Queensland state election: Chermside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alex Dewar | 9,617 | 58.5 | +6.9 |
| | Labor | Dudley Ryder | 6,831 | 41.5 | -6.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,448 | 98.6 | −0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 230 | 1.4 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,678 | 94.2 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +6.9 | |
1953 Queensland state election: Chermside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alex Dewar | 7,306 | 51.6 | -8.5 |
| | Labor | Kenneth McRae | 6,844 | 48.4 | +8.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,150 | 99.2 | +0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 116 | 0.8 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,266 | 95.0 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -8.5 | |
1950 Queensland state election: Chermside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Alex Dewar | 6,910 | 60.1 |
| | Labor | James Macarthur | 4,585 | 39.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,495 | 98.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 150 | 1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,645 | 94.4 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |