Sherwood was an electoral district

Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts

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 of the Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Queensland

Queensland

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 from 1950 to 1992.

First created for the 1950 state election

Queensland state election, 1950

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, the district was based in the south-western suburbs of Brisbane

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, covering areas that previously belonged to the abolished district of Oxley. At first taking in a wide sweep of then-outer suburban areas such as Sunnybank

Sunnybank, Queensland

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, Runcorn

Runcorn, Queensland

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 and Kuraby

Kuraby, Queensland

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, it came to be based in the Chelmer

Chelmer, Queensland

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 peninsula and the Centenary Suburbs

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 from the 1960 election

Queensland state election, 1960

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 onwards, and was a very safe Liberal

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 seat for its entire existence.

Sherwood was abolished by the 1991 redistribution, taking effect at the 1992 state election. Most of its territory was allocated to the new districts of Indooroopilly

Electoral district of Indooroopilly

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 and Mount Ommaney

Electoral district of Mount Ommaney

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Members for Sherwood

Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Kerry	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1950–1956
	John Herbert	Liberal	1956–1978
	Angus Innes Angus Innes John Angus Mackenzie Innes, was a Queensland politician and leader of the state Liberal Party.-Biography:Innes was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1978 at a by-election to fill a vacancy created by the death of John Herbert...	Liberal	1978–1990
	David Dunworth David Dunworth David Anthony Dunworth was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Dunworth, a prop, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed a total of 5 international rugby caps for Australia.-References:...	Liberal	1990–1992