REFERENDUM OF 4 SEPTEMBER 1926
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Title: 1. Constitutional Alteration (Industry and Commerce)
       2. Constitutional Alteration (Essential Services)
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Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth 
power to make laws regarding industry and commerce and to regulate
trusts and combinations.

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         1,241,635      1,131,656 (91.1)     31,399 (02.8)
Vic           968,861        888,661 (91.7)     32,262 (03.6)
Qld           440,632        399,644 (90.7)     10,599 (02.7)
SA            303,054        281,492 (92.9)     12,113 (04.3)
WA            190,286        164,555 (87.5)      5,901 (03.6)
Tas           110,484         98,356 (89.0)      5,367 (05.5)
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Total       3,254,954      2,964,384 (91.1)     97,641 (03.3)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         1,100,257       566,973 (51.5) *     533,284 (48.5)  
Vic           856,399       310,261 (36.2)       546,138 (63.8) *
Qld           389,065       202,691 (52.1) *     186,374 (47.9) 
SA            269,379        78,983 (29.3)       190,396 (70.7) *
WA            158,654        46,469 (29.3)       112,185 (70.7) *
Tas            92,989        41,711 (44.9)        51,278 (55.1) *
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Total       2,866,743     1,247,088 (43.5)     1,619,655 (56.5) *
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The proposal was rejected nationally and in four states and was 
therefore not carried.
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Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth 
power to make laws protecting the public against interruption of
essential services.

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         1,241,635      1,131,656 (91.1)     49,652 (04.4)
Vic           968,861        888,661 (91.7)     54,553 (04.8)
Qld           440,632        399,644 (90.7)     26,871 (06.7)
SA            303,054        281,492 (92.9)     19,786 (07.0)
WA            190,286        164,555 (87.5)     11,767 (07.2)
Tas           110,484         98,356 (89.0)      8,460 (08.6)
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Total       3,254,954      2,964,384 (91.1)    171,089 (05.8)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         1,082,004       545,270 (50.4) *     536,734 (49.6)  
Vic           834,108       296,548 (35.6)       537,560 (64.4) *
Qld           372,793       188,473 (50.6) *     184,320 (49.4) 
SA            261,706        81,966 (31.3)       179,740 (69.7) *
WA            152,788        39,566 (25.9)       113,222 (74.1) *
Tas            89,986        43,769 (48.6)        46,217 (51.4) *
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Total       2,793,295     1,195,502 (42.8)     1,597,793 (57.2) *
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The proposal was rejected nationally and in four states and was 
therefore not carried.
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