13 December 1919
(12) Legislative Powers; (13) Nationalisation of Monopolies
Question 1
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919'?
Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament a temporary extension of its legislative powers in regard to trade and commerce, corporations, industrial matters and trusts.
State | Number on rolls | Ballot papers issued | For | Against | Informal | ||
% | % | ||||||
New South Wales | 1 079 439 | 717 565 | 259 751 | 39.95 | 390 450 | 60.05 | 67 132 |
Victoria | 837 408 | 638 098 | 369 210 | 64.65 | 201 869 | 35.35 | 66 227 |
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 |
Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 12 803 votes. | |||||||
Not carried |
Question 2
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 1919'?
Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 1919 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to monopolies.
State | Number on rolls | Ballot papers issued | For | Against | Informal | ||
% | % | ||||||
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 |
Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 45 571 votes. | |||||||
Not carried |
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