1919 Australian referendum

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The 1919 Australian referendum was held on 13 December 1919. It contained two referendum questions. The referendums were held in conjunction with the 1919 federal election.

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Results [1]
Question NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas States in favourVoters in favourResult
(12) Legislative Powers NoYesYesNoYesNo3:349.7%Not carried
(13) Nationalisation of Monopolies NoYesYesNoYesNo3:348.6%Not carried

Results in detail

Legislative Powers

This section is an excerpt from 1919 Australian referendum (Legislative Powers) § Results

Question:Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919'?

Result [1]
StateElectoral rollBallots issuedForAgainstInformal
Vote %Vote %
New South Wales1,079,439717,565259,75139.95390,45060.0567,132
Victoria837,408638,098369,21064.65201,86935.35%66,227
Queensland389,200330,231175,22557.35130,29942.65%24,397
South Australia268,235178,09240,52025.28%119,78974.7217,656
Western Australia163,544103,23548,14251.7544,89248.25%9,854
Tasmania112,03665,71618,50933.4336,86166.5710,128
Total for Commonwealth2,849,8622,032,937911,35749.65924,16050.35195,394
ResultsObtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 12,803 votes.Not carried

Monopolies

This section is an excerpt from 1919 Australian referendum (Monopolies) § Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Nationalization of Monopolies) 1919'?

Result [1]
StateElectoral rollBallots issuedForAgainstInformal
Vote %Vote %
New South Wales1,079,439717,565227,15638.31365,84761.69124,330
Victoria837,408638,098324,34363.29188,12936.71124,834
Queensland389,200330,231162,06256.92122,65043.0845,209
South Australia268,235178,09238,50325.54112,25974.4627,203
Western Australia163,544103,23545,28553.9938,58446.0119,019
Tasmania112,03665,71616,53134.0831,98265.9216,985
Total for Commonwealth2,849,8622,032,937813,88048.64859,45151.36357,580
ResultsObtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 45,571 votes.Not carried

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia.

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