12 December 1906
(1) Senate Elections
Question:

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906’?

Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906 sought to amend section 13, including altering Senators’ terms so as to commence on 1 July (previously 1 January) and end on 30 June (previously 31 December).

Australia. Referendum 1906

State	Number on rolls	Ballot papers issued	FOR (votes)	FOR (%)	AGAINST (votes)	AGAINST (%)	Informal
New South Wales	737 599	381 019	286 888	83.85	55 261	16.15	37 929
Victoria	672 054	380 953	282 739	83.10	57 487	16.90	38 936
Queensland	271 109	124 352	81 295	76.84	24 502	23.16	15 325
South Australia	193 118	70 479	54 297	86.99	8 121	13.01	7 892
Western Australia	145 473	52 712	34 736	78.93	9 274	21.07	6 312
Tasmania	90 209	48 762	34 056	81.32	7 825	18.68	5 761
Total	2 109 562	1 058 277	774 011	82.65	162 470	17.35	112 155