REFERENDUM OF 31 MAY 1913 =================================================================== Title: 1. Constitutional Alteration (Trade and Commerce) 2. Constitutional Alteration (Corporations) 3. Constitutional Alteration (Industrial Matters) 4. Constitutional Alteration (Trusts) 5. Constitutional Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 6. Constitutional Alteration (Railways Disputes) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to make laws regarding trade and commerce. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,036,187 717,855 (69.3) 39,333 (05.5) Vic 830,391 626,861 (75.5) 21,268 (03.4) Qld 363,082 280,525 (77.3) 11,304 (04.0) SA 244,026 195,463 (80.1) 8,017 (04.1) WA 179,784 132,149 (73.5) 6,286 (04.8) Tas 106,746 80,398 (75.3) 3,528 (04.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,760,216 2,033,251 (73.7) 89,736 (04.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 677,266 317,848 (46.9) 359,418 (53.1) * Vic 605,265 297,290 (49.1) 307,975 (50.9) * Qld 269,000 146,187 (54.3) * 122,813 (45.7) SA 187,229 96,085 (51.3) * 91,144 (48.7) WA 125,530 66,349 (52.9) * 59,181 (47.1) Tas 76,744 34,660 (45.2) 42,084 (54.8) * ----------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,941,034 958,419 (49.4) 982,615 (50.6) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in three states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to make laws regarding corporations. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,036,187 717,855 (69.3) 37,676 (05.2) Vic 830,391 626,861 (75.5) 19,139 (03.1) Qld 363,082 280,525 (77.3) 9,736 (03.5) SA 244,026 195,463 (80.1) 7,664 (03.9) WA 179,784 132,149 (73.5) 5,776 (04.4) Tas 106,746 80,398 (75.3) 3,224 (04.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,760,216 2,033,251 (73.7) 83,235 (04.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 678,923 317,668 (46.8) 361,255 (53.2) * Vic 607,394 298,479 (49.1) 308,915 (50.9) * Qld 270,568 146,936 (54.3) * 123,632 (45.7) SA 187,582 96,309 (51.3) * 91,273 (48.7) WA 126,040 66,595 (52.8) * 59,445 (47.2) Tas 77,028 34,724 (45.1) 42,304 (54.9) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,947,535 960,711 (49.3) 986,824 (50.7) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in three states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 3: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to make laws regarding industrial matters. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,036,187 717,855 (69.3) 36,933 (05.1) Vic 830,391 626,861 (75.5) 18,837 (03.0) Qld 363,082 280,525 (77.3) 9,579 (03.4) SA 244,026 195,463 (80.1) 7,259 (03.7) WA 179,784 132,149 (73.5) 5,753 (04.4) Tas 106,746 80,398 (75.3) 3,197 (04.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,760,216 2,033,251 (73.7) 81,558 (04.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 679,666 318,622 (46.9) 361,044 (53.1) * Vic 607,696 297,892 (49.0) 309,804 (51.0) * Qld 270,725 147,171 (54.4) * 123,554 (45.6) SA 187,987 96,626 (51.4) * 91,361 (48.6) WA 126,063 66,451 (52.7) * 59,612 (47.3) Tas 77,075 34,839 (45.2) 42,236 (54.8) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,949,212 961,601 (49.3) 987,611 (50.7) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in three states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 4: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to make laws regarding trusts. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,036,187 717,855 (69.3) 39,294 (05.5) Vic 830,391 626,861 (75.5) 19,536 (03.1) Qld 363,082 280,525 (77.3) 10,345 (03.7) SA 244,026 195,463 (80.1) 8,661 (04.4) WA 179,784 132,149 (73.5) 6,162 (04.7) Tas 106,746 80,398 (75.3) 3,498 (04.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,760,216 2,033,251 (73.7) 87,496 (04.3) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 677,305 319,150 (47.1) 358,155 (52.9) * Vic 606,997 301,729 (49.7) 305,268 (50.3) * Qld 269,959 147,871 (54.8) * 122,088 (45.2) SA 186,585 96,400 (51.7) * 90,185 (48.3) WA 125,654 67,342 (53.6) * 58,312 (46.4) Tas 76,774 34,839 (45.4) 41,935 (54.5) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,943,274 967,331 (49.8) 975,943 (50.2) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in three states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 5: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to make laws regarding monopolies. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,036,187 717,855 (69.3) 73,683 (10.3) Vic 830,391 626,861 (75.5) 40,828 (06.5) Qld 363,082 280,525 (77.3) 23,676 (08.4) SA 244,026 195,463 (80.1) 16,920 (08.7) WA 179,784 132,149 (73.5) 9,644 (07.3) Tas 106,746 80,398 (75.3) 6,907 (08.6) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,760,216 2,033,251 (73.7) 171,658 (08.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 642,916 301,192 (46.8) 341,724 (53.2) * Vic 585,705 287,379 (49.1) 298,326 (50.9) * Qld 256,628 139,019 (54.2) * 117,609 (45.8) SA 178,326 91,411 (51.3) * 86,915 (48.7) WA 122,172 64,988 (53.2) * 57,184 (46.8) Tas 73,365 33,176 (45.2) 40,189 (54.8) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,859,112 917,165 (49.3) 941,947 (50.7) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in three states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 6: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to make laws regarding railway disputes. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,036,187 717,855 (69.3) 37,928 (05.3) Vic 830,391 626,861 (75.5) 19,357 (03.1) Qld 363,082 280,525 (77.3) 9,924 (03.5) SA 244,026 195,463 (80.1) 7,912 (04.0) WA 179,784 132,149 (73.5) 5,894 (04.5) Tas 106,746 80,398 (75.3) 3,351 (04.2) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,760,216 2,033,251 (73.7) 84,366 (04.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 678,671 316,928 (46.7) 361,743 (53.3) * Vic 607,176 296,255 (48.8) 310,921 (51.2) * Qld 270,380 146,521 (54.2) * 123,859 (45.8) SA 187,334 96,072 (51.3) * 91,262 (48.7) WA 125,922 65,957 (52.4) * 59,965 (47.6) Tas 76,921 34,625 (45.0) 42,296 (55.0) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,946,414 956,368 (49.1) 990,046 (50.9) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in three states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------