Australian referendum, 1926 (Essential Services)

Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926 was an Australian referendum held in the 1926 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power to protect the public from any actual or probable interruption of essential services.

Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926'?

Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal	Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	Informal	Result
New South Wales	1,241,635	1,131,656	545,270	50.39%	536,734	49.61%	49,652	Yes
Victoria	968,861	888,661	296,548	35.55%	537,560	64.45%	54,553	No
Queensland	440,632	399,664	188,473	50.56%	184,320	49.44%	26,871	Yes
South Australia	303,054	281,492	81,966	31.32%	179,740	68.68%	19,786	No
Western Australia	190,286	164,555	39,566	25.90%	113,222	74.10%	11,767	No
Tasmania	110,484	98,356	43,679	48.59%	46,217	51.41%	8,460	No
Total for Commonwealth	3,254,952	2,964,384	1,195,502	42.80%	1,597,793	57.20%	171,089	No
Obtained majority in two States and an overall minority of 402,291 votes.
Not carried

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Elections in: Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

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