Australian referendum, 1946 (Industrial Employment)

Constitution Alteration (Industrial Employment) 1946 was an Australian referendum held in the 1946 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power over the terms and conditions of industrial employment but not so as to authorise any form of industrial conscription. The question was narrowly rejected.

Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industrial Employment) 1946'?

Results

Result [1]
State On

rolls

 Ballots

issued

 For Against Informal Result
% %
New South Wales 1,858,749 1,757,150 833,822 51.72 778,280 48.28 145,048 Yes
Victoria 1,345,537 1,261,374 609,355 52.08 560,773 47.92 91,246 Yes
Queensland 660,316 612,170 243,242 43.42 316,970 56.58 51,958 No
South Australia 420,361 399,301 179,153 48.20 192,516 51.80 27,632 No
Western Australia 300,337 279,066 142,186 55.74 112,881 44.26 23,999 Yes
Tasmania 154,553 144,880 52,517 41.37 74,440 58.63 17,923 No
Armed Forces*   37,021 20,445 55.23 15,239 41.16 1337  
Total for Commonwealth 4,739,853 4,453,941 2,060,275 50.30 2,035,860 49.70 357,806 Yes
Obtained majority in three States and an overall majority of 24,415 votes.
Not carried

* Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.

Discussion

This was one of the few occasions when an overall national majority was evident, albeit by a small margin, but no state majority was reached resulting in the referendum being not carried.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia..

Further reading

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