REFERENDUM OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 =================================================================== Title: 1. Constitutional Alteration (Legislative Powers) 2. Constitutional Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to make laws regarding trade and commerce,corporations, industrial matters and trusts. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,079,439 717,565 (66.5) 67,132 (09.4) Vic 837,408 638,098 (76.2) 66,227 (10.4) Qld 389,200 330,231 (84.8) 24,397 (07.4) SA 268,235 178,092 (66.4) 17,656 (09.9) WA 163,544 103,235 (63.1) 9,854 (09.5) Tas 112,036 65,716 (58.7) 10,128 (15.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,849,862 2,032,937 (71.3) 195,394 (09.6) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 650,201 259,751 (39.9) 390,450 (60.1) * Vic 571,079 369,210 (64.7) * 201,869 (35.3) Qld 305,524 175,225 (57.4) * 130,299 (42.6) SA 160,309 40,520 (25.3) 119,789 (74.7) * WA 93,034 48,142 (51.7) * 44,892 (48.3) Tas 55,370 18,509 (33.4) 36,861 (66.5) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,835,517 911,357 (49.7) 924,160 (50.3) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 the nationalisation of monopolies. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,079,439 717,565 (66.5) 124,330 (17.3) Vic 837,408 638,098 (76.2) 124,843 (19.6) Qld 389,200 330,231 (84.8) 45,209 (13.7) SA 268,235 178,092 (66.4) 27,203 (15.3) WA 163,544 103,235 (63.1) 19,019 (18.4) Tas 112,036 65,716 (58.7) 16,985 (25.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,849,862 2,032,937 (71.3) 357,580 (17.6) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 593,003 227,156 (38.3) 365,847 (61.7) * Vic 512,472 324,343 (63.3) * 188,129 (36.7) Qld 284,712 162,062 (56.9) * 122,650 (43.1) SA 150,762 38,503 (25.5) 112,259 (74.5) * WA 83,869 45,285 (54.0) * 38,584 (46.0) Tas 48,513 16,531 (34.1) 31,982 (65.9) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,673,331 813,880 (48.6) 859,451 (51.4) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in three states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------