{"id":138,"date":"1919-08-30T22:02:00","date_gmt":"1919-08-30T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukrupnenie.com\/countries\/a\/australia\/1919-referendum-australia.html"},"modified":"2007-08-30T22:09:43","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T18:09:43","slug":"1919-referendum-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/countries\/a\/australia\/1919-referendum-australia.html","title":{"rendered":"Australia. Referendum, 1919"},"content":{"rendered":"

13 December 1919<\/p>\n

(12) Legislative Powers; (13) Nationalisation of Monopolies<\/p>\n

Question 1<\/h3>\n

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919’?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Australia. Referendum, 1919. Question 1<\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
#<\/th>\n\t\tState<\/th>\n\t\tNumber on rolls<\/th>\n\t\tBallot papers issued<\/th>\n\t\tFor (V)<\/th>\n\t\t%<\/th>\n\t\tAgainst (V)<\/th>\n\t\t%<\/th>\n\t\tInformal<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<\/thead>\n\t
1<\/td>\n\t\tNew South Wales<\/td>\n\t\t1 079 439<\/td>\n\t\t717 565<\/td>\n\t\t259 751<\/td>\n\t\t39.95<\/td>\n\t\t390 450<\/td>\n\t\t60.05<\/td>\n\t\t67 132<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
2<\/td>\n\t\tVictoria<\/td>\n\t\t837 408<\/td>\n\t\t638 098<\/td>\n\t\t369 210<\/td>\n\t\t64.65<\/td>\n\t\t201 869<\/td>\n\t\t35.35<\/td>\n\t\t66 227<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
3<\/td>\n\t\tQueensland<\/td>\n\t\t389 200<\/td>\n\t\t330 231<\/td>\n\t\t175 225<\/td>\n\t\t57.35<\/td>\n\t\t130 299<\/td>\n\t\t42.65<\/td>\n\t\t24 397<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
4<\/td>\n\t\tSouth Australia<\/td>\n\t\t268 235<\/td>\n\t\t178 092<\/td>\n\t\t40 520<\/td>\n\t\t25.28<\/td>\n\t\t119 789<\/td>\n\t\t74.72<\/td>\n\t\t17 656<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
5<\/td>\n\t\tWestern Australia<\/td>\n\t\t163 544<\/td>\n\t\t103 235<\/td>\n\t\t48 142<\/td>\n\t\t51.75<\/td>\n\t\t44 892<\/td>\n\t\t48.25<\/td>\n\t\t9 854<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
6<\/td>\n\t\tTasmania<\/td>\n\t\t112 036<\/td>\n\t\t65 716<\/td>\n\t\t18 509<\/td>\n\t\t33.43<\/td>\n\t\t36 861<\/td>\n\t\t66.57<\/td>\n\t\t10 128<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
7<\/td>\n\t\tTotal for Commonwealth<\/td>\n\t\t2 849 862<\/td>\n\t\t2 032 937<\/td>\n\t\t911 357<\/td>\n\t\t49.65<\/td>\n\t\t924 160<\/td>\n\t\t50.35<\/td>\n\t\t195 394<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>

\n<\/p>\n


\nObtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 12 803 votes.
\nNot carried<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Question 2<\/h3>\n

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 1919’?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 1919 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to monopolies.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Australia. Referendum, 1919. Question 2<\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
#<\/th>\n\t\tState<\/th>\n\t\tNumber on rolls<\/th>\n\t\tBallot papers issued<\/th>\n\t\tFor (V)<\/th>\n\t\t%<\/th>\n\t\tAgainst (V)<\/th>\n\t\t%<\/th>\n\t\tInformal<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<\/thead>\n\t
1<\/td>\n\t\tNew South Wales<\/td>\n\t\t1 079 439<\/td>\n\t\t717 565<\/td>\n\t\t227 156<\/td>\n\t\t38.31<\/td>\n\t\t365 847<\/td>\n\t\t61.69<\/td>\n\t\t124 330<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
2<\/td>\n\t\tVictoria<\/td>\n\t\t837 408<\/td>\n\t\t638 098<\/td>\n\t\t324 343<\/td>\n\t\t63.29<\/td>\n\t\t188 129<\/td>\n\t\t36.71<\/td>\n\t\t124 834<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
3<\/td>\n\t\tQueensland<\/td>\n\t\t389 200<\/td>\n\t\t330 231<\/td>\n\t\t162 062<\/td>\n\t\t56.92<\/td>\n\t\t122 650<\/td>\n\t\t43.08<\/td>\n\t\t45 209<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
4<\/td>\n\t\tSouth Australia<\/td>\n\t\t268 235<\/td>\n\t\t178 092<\/td>\n\t\t38 503<\/td>\n\t\t25.54<\/td>\n\t\t112 259<\/td>\n\t\t74.46<\/td>\n\t\t27 203<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
5<\/td>\n\t\tWestern Australia<\/td>\n\t\t163 544<\/td>\n\t\t103 235<\/td>\n\t\t45 285<\/td>\n\t\t53.99<\/td>\n\t\t38 584<\/td>\n\t\t46.01<\/td>\n\t\t19 019<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
6<\/td>\n\t\tTasmania<\/td>\n\t\t112 036<\/td>\n\t\t65 716<\/td>\n\t\t16 531<\/td>\n\t\t34.08<\/td>\n\t\t31 982<\/td>\n\t\t65.92<\/td>\n\t\t16 985<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
7<\/td>\n\t\tTotal for Commonwealth<\/td>\n\t\t2 849 862<\/td>\n\t\t2 032 937<\/td>\n\t\t813 880<\/td>\n\t\t48.64<\/td>\n\t\t859 451<\/td>\n\t\t51.36<\/td>\n\t\t357 580<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>

\n<\/p>\n

Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 45 571 votes.
\nNot carried<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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