Australia. Referendum, 1937

6 March 1937

(17) Aviation; (18) Marketing

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Aviation) 1936’?

Constitution Alteration (Aviation) 1936 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power with respect to air navigation and aircraft.

Australia. Referendum, 1937. Question 1

State	Number on rolls	Ballot papers issued	For (v)	For (%)	Against (v)	Against (%)	Informal
New South Wales	1 550 947	1 461 860	664 589	47.25	741 821	52.75	55 450
Victoria	1 128 492	1 074 278	675 481	65.10	362 112	34.90	36 685
Queensland	562 240	519 933	310 352	61.87	191 251	38.13	18 330
South Australia	358 069	341 444	128 582	40.13	191 831	59.87	21 031
Western Australia	247 536	221 832	100 326	47.58	110 529	52.42	10 977
Tasmania	133 444	125 016	45 616	38.94	71 518	61.06	7 882
Total for Commonwealth	3 980 728	3 744 363	1 924 946	53.56	1 669 062	46.44	150 355

Obtained majority in two States and an overall majority of 255 884 votes.
Not carried

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Marketing) 1936’?

Constitution Alteration (Marketing) 1936 sought to remove the restraints imposed on the Commonwealth Parliament by section 92.

State	Number on rolls	Ballot papers issued	For (v)	For (%)	Against (v)	Against (%)	Informal
New South Wales	1 550 947	1 461 860	456 802	33.76	896 457	66.24	108 601
Victoria	1 128 492	1 074 278	468 337	46.58	537 021	53.42	68 920
Queensland	562 240	519 933	187 685	38.78	296 302	61.22	35 946
South Australia	358 069	341 444	65 364	20.83	248 502	79.17	27 578
Western Australia	247 536	221 832	57 023	27.77	148 308	72.23	16 501
Tasmania	133 444	125 016	24 597	21.88	87 798	78.12	12 621
Total for Commonwealth	3 980 728	3 744 363	1 259 808	36.26	2 214 388	63.74	270 167

Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 954 580 votes.
Not carried