1919 Australian referendum

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.

Results [1]
Question NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas States in favour Voters in favour Result
(12) Legislative Powers No Yes Yes No Yes No 3:3 49.7% Not carried
(13) Nationalisation of Monopolies No Yes Yes No Yes No 3:3 48.6% 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]
State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal
Vote  % Vote  %
New South Wales 1,079,439 717,565 259,75139.95 390,450 60.05 67,132
Victoria 837,408 638,098 369,210 64.65 201,869 35.3566,227
Queensland 389,200 330,231 175,225 57.35 130,299 42.65 24,397
South Australia 268,235 178,092 40,520 25.28 119,789 74.72 17,656
Western Australia 163,544 103,235 48,142 51.75 44,892 48.25 9,854
Tasmania 112,036 65,716 18,509 33.43 36,861 66.57 10,128
Total for Commonwealth 2,849,862 2,032,937 911,357 49.65 924,160 50.35 195,394
Results Obtained 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]
State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal
Vote  % Vote  %
New South Wales 1,079,439 717,565 227,156 38.31 365,847 61.69 124,330
Victoria 837,408 638,098 324,343 63.29 188,129 36.71 124,834
Queensland 389,200 330,231 162,062 56.92 122,650 43.08 45,209
South Australia 268,235 178,092 38,503 25.54 112,259 74.46 27,203
Western Australia 163,544 103,235 45,285 53.99 38,584 46.01 19,019
Tasmania 112,036 65,716 16,531 34.08 31,982 65.92 16,985
Total for Commonwealth 2,849,862 2,032,937 813,880 48.64 859,451 51.36 357,580
Results Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 45,571 votes. Not carried

See also

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

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