1926 Australian referendum (Essential Services)

The Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) Bill 1926,[1] was an unsuccessful Australian referendum held in the 1926 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power to protect the public from any actual or probable interruption of essential services.

Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926'?

Results
Result [2]
State On
rolls		 Ballots
issued		 For Against Informal
Votes% Votes%
New South Wales 1,241,635 1,131,656 545,27050.39% 536,734 49.61%49,652
Victoria 968,861888,661 296,54835.55% 537,560 64.45%54,553
Queensland 440,632 399,664 188,47350.56% 184,320 49.44% 26,871
South Australia 303,054 281,492 81,96631.32% 179,740 68.68%19,786
Western Australia 190,286 164,555 39,56625.90% 113,222 74.10%11,767
Tasmania 110,484 98,356 43,67948.59% 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
Obtained majority in two States and an overall minority of 402,291 votes.
Not carried

References
  1. "Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) Bill". Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via legislation.gov.au.
  2. Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia..


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.