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'?

Results

Result
State On

rolls

Ballots

issued

For Against 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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