1926 Australian referendum
The 1926 Australian referendum was held on 4 September 1926. It contained two referendum questions.
Question | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | States in favour | Voters in favour | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(14) Industry and Commerce | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | 2:4 | 43.5% | Not carried |
(15) Essential Services | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | 2:4 | 42.8% | Not carried |
Results in detail
Industry and Commerce
- This section is an excerpt from 1926 Australian referendum (Industry and Commerce) § Results
Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industry and Commerce) 1926'?
State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vote | % | Vote | % | |||||
New South Wales | 1,241,635 | 1,131,656 | 566,973 | 51.53 | 533,284 | 48.47 | 31,399 | |
Victoria | 968,861 | 888,661 | 310,261 | 36.23 | 546,138 | 63.77 | 32,262 | |
Queensland | 440,632 | 399,664 | 202,691 | 52.10 | 186,374 | 47.90 | 10,599 | |
South Australia | 303,054 | 281,492 | 78,983 | 29.32 | 190,396 | 70.68 | 12,113 | |
Western Australia | 190,286 | 164,555 | 46,469 | 29.29 | 112,185 | 70.71 | 5,901 | |
Tasmania | 110,484 | 98,356 | 41,711 | 44.86 | 51,278 | 55.14 | 5,367 | |
Total for Commonwealth | 3,254,952 | 2,964,384 | 1,247,088 | 43.50 | 1,619,655 | 56.50 | 97,641 | |
Results | Obtained majority in two states and an overall minority of 372,567 votes. Not carried |
Essential Services
- This section is an excerpt from 1926 Australian referendum (Essential Services) § Results
Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926'?
State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vote | % | Vote | % | |||||
New South Wales | 1,241,635 | 1,131,656 | 545,270 | 50.39 | 536,734 | 49.61 | 49,652 | |
Victoria | 968,861 | 888,661 | 296,548 | 35.55 | 537,560 | 64.45 | 54,553 | |
Queensland | 440,632 | 399,664 | 188,473 | 50.56 | 184,320 | 49.44 | 26,871 | |
South Australia | 303,054 | 281,492 | 81,966 | 31.32 | 179,740 | 68.68 | 19,786 | |
Western Australia | 190,286 | 164,555 | 39,566 | 25.90 | 113,222 | 74.10 | 11,767 | |
Tasmania | 110,484 | 98,356 | 43,679 | 48.59 | 46,217 | 51.41 | 8,460 | |
Total for Commonwealth | 3,254,952 | 2,964,384 | 1,195,502 | 42.80 | 1,597,793 | 57.20 | 171,089 | |
Results | Obtained majority in two states and an overall minority of 402,291 votes. Not carried |
See also
- Referendums in Australia
- Politics of Australia
- History of Australia
References
- ^ a b c Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia.
Further reading
- Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997. Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 24 March 1997. ISBN 0644484101.
- Bennett, Scott (2003). "Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment". Canberra: Parliamentary Library of Australia..
- Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra.
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