Australian referendum, 1926 (Industry and Commerce)

Constitution Alteration (Industry and Commerce) 1926 was an Australian referendum held in the 1926 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to extend the Commonwealth legislative power in respect to corporations, and to give it the power to make laws with respect to trusts and combinations in restraint of trade, trade unions and employer associations.

Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industry and Commerce) 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	566,973	51.53%	533,284	48.47%	31,399	Yes
Victoria	968,861	888,661	310,261	36.23%	546,138	63.77%	32,262	No
Queensland	440,632	399,664	202,691	52.10%	186,374	47.90%	10,599	Yes
South Australia	303,054	281,492	78,983	29.32%	190,396	70.68%	12,113	No
Western Australia	190,286	164,555	46,469	29.29%	112,185	70.71%	5,901	No
Tasmania	110,484	98,356	41,711	44.86%	51,278	55.14%	5,367	No
Total for Commonwealth	3,254,952	2,964,384	1,247,088	43.50%	1,619,655	56.50%	97,641	No
Obtained majority in two States and an overall minority of 372,567 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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