REFERENDUM OF 13 APRIL 1910 =================================================================== Title: 1. Constitutional Alteration (State Debts) 2. Constitutional Alteration (Finance) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to take over state debts. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 834,662 512,802 (60.8) 34,060 (06.6) Vic 703,699 468,535 (66.6) 33,824 (07.2) Qld 279,031 170,634 (61.2) 9,971 (05.8) SA 207,655 110,503 (53.2) 10,252 (09.3) WA 134,979 83,893 (62.2) 4,324 (05.2) Tas 98,456 57,609 (58.5) 3,778 (06.6) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,258,482 1,403,976 (62.2) 96,209 (06.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 477,687 159,275 (33.3) 318,412 (66.7) * Vic 432,540 279,392 (64.6) * 153,148 (35.4) Qld 159,051 102,705 (64.6) * 56,346 (35.4) SA 99,727 72,985 (73.2) * 26,742 (26.8) WA 78,804 57,367 (72.8) * 21,437 (27.2) Tas 53,515 43,329 (81.0) * 10,186 (19.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,301,324 715,053 (54.9) * 586,271 (45.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was approved nationally and in five states and was therefore carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to make per capita payments to the states out of surplus revenue. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 834,662 512,802 (60.8) 31,411 (06.1) Vic 703,699 468,535 (66.6) 24,299 (05.2) Qld 279,031 170,634 (61.2) 9,489 (05.6) SA 207,655 110,503 (53.2) 9,679 (08.8) WA 134,979 83,893 (62.2) 3,800 (04.5) Tas 98,456 57,609 (58.5) 3,669 (06.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,258,482 1,403,976 (62.2) 82,437 (05.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 480,757 227,650 (47.4) 253,107 (52.6) * Vic 442,284 200,165 (45.3) 242,119 (54.7) * Qld 159,646 87,130 (54.6) * 72,516 (45.4) SA 100,602 49,352 (49.1) 51,250 (50.9) * WA 79,442 49,050 (61.7) * 30,392 (39.3) Tas 53,621 32,167 (61.1) * 21,454 (39.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,316,352 645,514 (49.0) 670,838 (51.0) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in three states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------