1937 Australian referendum
The 1937 Australian referendum was held on 6 March 1937. It contained two referendum questions.
Question | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | States in favour |
Voters in favour |
Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(17) Aviation | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 2:4 | 53.6% | Not carried |
(18) Marketing | No | No | No | No | No | No | 0:6 | 36.3% | Not carried |
Results in detail
Aviation
- This section is an excerpt from 1937 Australian referendum (Aviation) § Results
State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vote | % | Vote | % | |||||
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 | |
Results | Obtained majority in two states and an overall majority of 255,884 votes. Not carried |
Marketing
- This section is an excerpt from 1937 Australian referendum (Marketing) § Results
State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vote | % | Vote | % | |||||
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 | |
Results | Obtained majority in no state and an overall minority of 954,580 votes. Not carried |
References
- Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia.
Further reading
- Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997. Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 24 March 1997. ISBN 0644484101.
- Bennett, Scott (2003). "Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment". Canberra: Parliamentary Library of Australia..
- Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra.
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