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Home | Referendums and Plebiscites | Referendum results 1937

Referendum results

6 March 1937

(17) Aviation; (18) Marketing

Question 1

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Aviation) 1936'?

Constitution Alteration (Aviation) 1936 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power with respect to air navigation and aircraft.

Result
State Number on rolls Ballot papers issued For Against Informal
  %   %
New South Wales 1 550 947 1 461 860 664 589 47.25 741 821 52.75 55 450
Victoria 1 128 492 1 074 278 675 481 65.10 362 112 34.90 36 685
Queensland 562 240 519 933 310 352 61.87 191 251 38.13 18 330
South Australia 358 069 341 444 128 582 40.13 191 831 59.87 21 031
Western Australia 247 536 221 832 100 326 47.58 110 529 52.42 10 977
Tasmania 133 444 125 016 45 616 38.94 71 518 61.06 7 882
Total for Commonwealth 3 980 728 3 744 363 1 924 946 53.56 1 669 062 46.44 150 355
Obtained majority in two States and an overall majority of 255 884 votes.
Not carried

Question 2

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Marketing) 1936'?

Constitution Alteration (Marketing) 1936 sought to remove the restraints imposed on the Commonwealth Parliament by section 92.

Result
State Number on rolls Ballot papers issued For Against Informal
  %   %
New South Wales 1 550 947 1 461 860 456 802 33.76 896 457 66.24 108 601
Victoria 1 128 492 1 074 278 468 337 46.58 537 021 53.42 68 920
Queensland 562 240 519 933 187 685 38.78 296 302 61.22 35 946
South Australia 358 069 341 444 65 364 20.83 248 502 79.17 27 578
Western Australia 247 536 221 832 57 023 27.77 148 308 72.23 16 501
Tasmania 133 444 125 016 24 597 21.88 87 798 78.12 12 621
Total for Commonwealth 3 980 728 3 744 363 1 259 808 36.26 2 214 388 63.74 270 167
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 954 580 votes.
Not carried

 

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