Australian referendum, 1913 (Trusts)

Constitution Alteration (Trusts) 1912 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to trusts. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1913.

Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Trusts) 1912'?

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
				%		%
New South Wales	1,036,187	717,855	319,150	%47.12	358,155	%52.88	39,294
Victoria	830,391	626,861	301,729	%49.71	305,268	%50.29	19,536
Queensland	363,082	280,525	147,871	%54.78	122,088	%45.22	10,345
South Australia	244,026	195,463	96,400	%51.67	90,185	%48.33	8,661
Western Australia	179,784	132,149	67,342	%53.59	58,312	%46.41	6,162
Tasmania	106,746	80,398	34,839	%45.38	41,935	%54.62	3,498
Total for Commonwealth	2,760,216	2,033,251	967,331	%49.78	975,943	%50.22	87,496
Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 8,612 votes.
Not carried

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See Also

See also: Australian referendum, 1913 (Trusts), Australia, Australian plebiscite, 1916, Australian plebiscite, 1917, Australian referendum, 1906, Australian referendum, 1910, Australian referendum, 1911, Australian referendum, 1913