The 1911 Australian referendum was held on 26 April 1911. It contained two referendum questions.

Result [1][2]
Question NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas States in favour Voters in favour Result
(4) Trade and Commerce No No No No Yes No 1:5 39% Not carried
(5) Nationalisation of Monopolies No No No No Yes No 1:5 40% Not carried

Results in detail

Trade and Commerce

This section is an excerpt from 1911 Australian referendum (Trade and Commerce) § Results

Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1910'?

Result [2]
State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal
Vote % Vote %
New South Wales 868,194 384,188 135,968 36.11 240,605 63.89 7,396
Victoria 723,377 448,566 170,288 38.64 270,390 61.36 7,554
Queensland 293,003 162,135 69,552 43.75 89,420 56.25 3,002
South Australia 216,027 133,802 50,358 38.07 81,904 61.93 1,374
Western Australia 138,697 61,482 33,043 54.86 27,185 45.14 870
Tasmania 102,326 58,053 24,147 42.11 33,200 57.89 673
Total for Commonwealth 2,341,624 1,248,226 483,356 39.42 742,704 60.58 20,869
Results Obtained majority in one state and an overall minority of 259,348 votes. Not carried.

Monopolies

This section is an excerpt from 1911 Australian referendum (Monopolies) § Results

Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Monopolies) 1910'?

Result [1][2]
State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal
Vote % Vote %
New South Wales 868,194 384,188 138,237 36.72 238,177 63.28 7,618
Victoria 723,377 448,566 171,453 38.95 268,743 61.05 8,041
Queensland 293,003 162,135 70,259 44.26 88,472 55.74 3,200
South Australia 216,027 133,802 50,835 38.42 81,479 61.58 1,344
Western Australia 138,697 61,482 33,592 55.84 26,561 44.16 898
Tasmania 102,326 58,053 24,292 42.43 32,960 57.57 753
Total for Commonwealth 2,341,624 1,248,226 488,668 39.89 736,392 60.11 21,854
Results Obtained majority in one state and an overall minority of 247,724 votes. Not carried

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Result of the Referendum". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 38. 3 June 1910. pp. 1157–8 – via www.legislation.gov.au.
  2. ^ a b c Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia.

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