Australian referendum, 1946 (Industrial Employment)
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Constitution Alteration (Industrial Employment) 1946 sought to give the government legislative powers over the terms and conditions of industrial employment, but not so as to authorise any form of industrial conscription. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1946.
[edit] Results
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industrial Employment) 1946'?
| State | On rolls | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | ||
| % | % | ||||||
| New South Wales | 1,858,749 | 1,757,150 | 833,822 | %51.72 | 778,280 | %48.28 | 145,048 |
| Victoria | 1,345,537 | 1,261,374 | 609,355 | %52.08 | 560,773 | %47.92 | 91,246 |
| Queensland | 660,316 | 612,170 | 243,242 | %43.42 | 316,970 | %56.58 | 51,958 |
| South Australia | 420,361 | 399,301 | 179,153 | %48.20 | 192,516 | %51.80 | 27,632 |
| Western Australia | 300,337 | 279,066 | 142,186 | %55.74 | 112,881 | %44.26 | 23,999 |
| Tasmania | 154,553 | 144,880 | 52,517 | %41.37 | 74,440 | %58.63 | 17,923 |
| 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 |
| 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] See also
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| Referendum of 1946 | |
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