Australian referendum, 1919 (Legislative Powers)

Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919 sought temporaraly extend the government's legislative powers with respect to trade and commerce, corporations, industrial matters and trusts. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1919.

Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919'?

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
				%		%
New South Wales	1,079,439	717,565	259,751	%39.95	390,450	%60.05	67,132
Victoria	837,408	638,098	369,210	%64.65	201,869	%35.35	66,227
Queensland	389,200	330,231	175,225	%57.35	130,299	%42.65	24,397
South Australia	268,235	178,092	40,520	%25.28	119,789	%74.72	17,656
Western Australia	163,544	103,235	48,142	%51.75	44,892	%48.25	9,854
Tasmania	112,036	65,716	18,509	%33.43	36,861	%66.57	10,128
Total for Commonwealth	2,849,862	2,032,937	911,357	%49.65	924,160	%50.35	195,394
Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 12,803 votes.
Not carried

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See Also

See also: Australian referendum, 1919 (Legislative Powers), Australia, Australian plebiscite, 1916, Australian plebiscite, 1917, Australian referendum, 1906, Australian referendum, 1910, Australian referendum, 1911, Australian referendum, 1913