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

Members for Sherwood

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

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

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

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

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

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