REFERENDUM OF 26 April 1911 =================================================================== Title: 1. Constitutional Alteration (Legislative Powers) 2. Constitutional Alteration (Monopolies) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to make laws regarding trade and commerce, corporations, labour and employment and combinations and monopolies. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 868,194 384,188 (44.3) 7,396 (01.9) Vic 723,377 448,566 (62.0) 7,554 (01.7) Qld 293,003 162,135 (55.3) 3,002 (01.9) SA 216,027 133,802 (61.9) 1,374 (01.0) WA 138,697 61,482 (44.3) 870 (01.4) Tas 102,326 58,053 (56.7) 673 (01.2) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,321,624 1,248,226 (62.2) 20,869 (01.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 376,573 135,968 (36.1) 240,605 (63.9) * Vic 440,678 170,288 (38.6) 270,390 (61.4) * Qld 158,972 69,552 (43.8) 89,420 (56.2) * SA 132,262 50,358 (38.1) 81,904 (61.9) * WA 60,228 33,043 (54.9) * 27,185 (45.1) Tas 57,347 24,147 (42.1) 33,200 (57.9) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,226,060 483,356 (39.4) 742,704 (60.6) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in five states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to nationalise any industry declared to be the subject of a monopoly. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 868,194 384,188 (44.3) 7,618 (02.0) Vic 723,377 448,566 (62.0) 8,041 (01.8) Qld 293,003 162,135 (55.3) 3,200 (02.0) SA 216,027 133,802 (61.9) 1,344 (01.0) WA 138,697 61,482 (44.3) 898 (01.5) Tas 102,326 58,053 (56.7) 753 (01.3) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,321,624 1,248,226 (62.2) 21,854 (01.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 376,414 138,237 (36.7) 238,177 (63.2) * Vic 440,196 171,453 (38.9) 268,743 (61.1) * Qld 158,731 70,259 (44.3) 88,472 (55.7) * SA 132,314 50,835 (38.4) 81,479 (61.6) * WA 60,153 33,592 (55.8) * 26,561 (44.2) Tas 57,252 24,292 (42.4) 32,960 (57.6) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,225,080 488,668 (39.9) 736,392 (60.1) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in five states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------