REFERENDUM OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 =================================================================== Title: Constitutional Alteration (Senate Elections) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal: To amend the Constitution to allow elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate to be held simultaneously. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 737,599 381,019 (51.7) 37,929 (10.0) Vic 672,054 380,953 (56.7) 38,936 (10.2) Qld 271,109 124,352 (45.9) 15,325 (12.3) SA 193,118 70,479 (36.5) 7,892 (11.2) WA 145,473 52,712 (36.2) 6,312 (12.0) Tas 90,209 48,762 (54.1) 5,761 (11.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,109,562 1,058,277 (50.2) 112,155 (10.6) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 342,149 286,888 (83.8) * 55,261 (16.2) Vic 340,226 282,739 (83.1) * 57,487 (16.8) Qld 105,797 81,295 (76.8) * 24,502 (23.2) SA 62,189 54,297 (87.3) * 7,892 (12.8) WA 41,048 34,736 (84.6) * 6,312 (15.4) Tas 39,817 34,056 (85.5) * 5,761 (14.5) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 931,226 774,011 (83.1) * 112,155 (16.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was approved nationally and in six states and was therefore carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------