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Australia Australia. Referendum, 1948

Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947’?

Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament ongoing power to make laws with respect to rents and prices.

Australia. Referendum, 1948

State Number on rolls Ballot papers issued For (v) For (%) Against (v) Against (%) Informal
New South Wales 1 880 779 1 762 091 723 183 41.66 1 012 639 58.34 26 269
Victoria 1 351 853 1 270 037 559 361 44.63 693 937 55.37 16 739
Queensland 669 555 617 678 187 955 30.80 422 236 69.20 7 487
South Australia 422 809 402 778 167 171 42.15 229 438 57.85 6 169
Western Australia 301 223 278 282 105 605 38.59 168 088 61.41 4 589
Tasmania 157 668 145 135 50 437 35.45 91 845 64.55 2 853
Total for Commonwealth 4 783 887 4 476 001* 1 793 712 40.66 2 618 183 59.34 64 106

* Including 11 905 votes by members of the Forces, of which 6557 were for, 5213 against and 135 informal.
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 824 471 votes.
Not carried



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