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Home | Referendums and Plebiscites | Referendum results 1973

Referendum results

8 December 1973

(27) Prices; (28) Incomes

Question 1

Do you approve the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'An Act to alter the Constitution so as to enable the Australian Parliament to control prices'?

Constitution Alteration (Prices) 1973 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to prices.

Result
State Number on rolls Ballot papers issued For Against Informal
  %   %
New South Wales 2 827 989 2 618 673 1 257 499 48.55 1 332 485 51.45 28 689
Victoria 2 129 494 2 001 924 891 144 45.18 1 081 120 54.82 29 660
Queensland 1 128 417 1 055 299 402 506 38.47 643 770 61.53 9 023
South Australia 737 573 700 333 282 754 41.16 404 181 58.84 13 398
Western Australia 588 789 542 122 169 605 31.90 362 121 68.10 10 396
Tasmania 241 207 229 016 85 631 38.22 138 416 61.78 4 969
Total for Commonwealth 7 653 469 7 147 367 3 089 139 43.81 3 962 093 56.19 96 135
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 872 954 votes.
Not carried

Question 2

Do you approve the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'An Act to alter the Constitution so as to enable the Australian Parliament to make laws with respect to incomes'?

Constitution Alteration (Incomes) 1973 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to incomes.

Result
State Number on rolls Ballot papers issued For Against Informal
  %   %
New South Wales 2 827 989 2 618 673 1 041 429 40.31 1 542 217 59.69 35 027
Victoria 2 129 494 2 001 924 657 756 33.44 1 309 302 66.56 34 866
Queensland 1 128 417 1 055 299 331 163 31.70 713 562 68.30 10 574
South Australia 737 573 700 333 193 301 28.25 490 943 71.75 16 089
Western Australia 588 789 542 122 133 531 25.21 396 199 74.79 12 392
Tasmania 241 207 229 016 63 135 28.31 159 862 71.69 6 019
Total for Commonwealth 7 653 469 7 147 367 2 420 315 34.42 4 612 085 65.58 114 967
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 2 191 770 votes.
Not carried

 

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