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Australia Australia. Referendum, 1946

Question 1

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Social Services) 1946’?

Constitution Alteration (Social Services) 1946 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power over a wide range of social services by inserting a new subsection into section 51.

Australia. Referendum, 1946. Question 1

State Number on rolls Ballot papers issued For (v) For (%) Against (v) Against (%) Informal
New South Wales 1 858 749 1 757 150 897 887 54.00 764 723 46.00 94 540
Victoria 1 345 537 1 261 374 671 967 55.98 528 452 44.02 60 955
Queensland 660 316 612 170 299 205 51.26 284 465 48.74 28 500
South Australia 420 361 399 301 197 395 51.73 184 172 48.27 17 734
Western Australia 300 337 279 066 164 017 62.26 99 412 37.74 15 637
Tasmania 154 553 144 880 67 463 50.58 65 924 49.42 11 493
Total for Commonwealth 4 739 853 4 453 941* 2 297 934 54.39 1 927 148 45.61 228 859

* Including 37 021 votes by members of the Forces of which in the case of (1) 22 824 were for, 13 211 against and 986 informal; (2) 19 924 for, 15 997 against, 1100 informal, and (3) 20 445 for, 15 239 against, 1337 informal.

Obtained majority in all six States and an overall majority of 370 786 votes.
Carried

Question 2

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) 1946’?

Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) 1946 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to the organised marketing of primary products, unrestricted by section 92.

Australia. Referendum, 1946. Question 2

State Number on rolls Ballot papers issued For (v) For (%) Against (v) Against (%) Informal
New South Wales 1 858 749 1 757 150 855 233 51.83 794 852 48.17 107 065
Victoria 1 345 537 1 261 374 624 343 52.37 567 860 47.63 69 171
Queensland 660 316 612 170 251 672 43.74 323 678 56.26 36 820
South Australia 420 361 399 301 183 674 48.74 193 201 51.26 22 426
Western Australia 300 337 279 066 145 781 56.21 113 562 43.79 19 723
Tasmania 154 553 144 880 55 561 42.55 75 018 57.45 14 301
Total for Commonwealth 4 739 853 4 453 941* 2 116 264 50.57 2 068 171 49.43 269 506

* See note under (1) above.
Obtained majority in three States and an overall majority of 48 093 votes.
Not carried

Question 3

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Industrial Employment) 1946’?

Constitution Alteration (Industrial Employment) 1946 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to the terms and conditions of industrial employment (but not so as to authorise any form of industrial conscription).

Australia. Referendum, 1946. Question 3

State Number on rolls Ballot papers issued For (v) For (%) Against (v) Against (%) Informal
New South Wales 1 858 749 1 757 150 833 822 51.72 778 280 48.28 145 048
Victoria 1 345 537 1 261 374 609 355 52.08 560 773 47.92 91 246
Queensland 660 316 612 170 243 242 43.42 316 970 56.58 51 958
South Australia 420 361 399 301 179 153 48.20 192 516 51.80 27 632
Western Australia 300 337 279 066 142 186 55.74 112 881 44.26 23 999
Tasmania 154 553 144 880 52 517 41.37 74 440 58.63 17 923
Total for Commonwealth 4 739 853 4 453 941* 2 060 275 50.30 2 035 860 49.70 357 806

* See note under (1) above.
Obtained majority in three States and an overall majority of 24 415 votes.
Not carried



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