REFERENDUM OF 6 MARCH 1937 =================================================================== Title: 1. Constitutional Alteration (Aviation) 2. Constitutional Alteration (Marketing) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power over air navigation and aircraft. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,550,947 1,461,860 (94.2) 55,450 (03.8) Vic 1,128,492 1,074,278 (95.2) 36,685 (03.4) Qld 562,240 519,933 (92.5) 18,330 (03.5) SA 358,069 341,444 (94.4) 21,031 (06.2) WA 247,536 221,832 (89.6) 10,977 (04.9) Tas 133,444 125,016 (93.7) 7,882 (06.3) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,980,728 3,744,363 (94.1) 150,355 (04.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,406,410 664,589 (47.2) 741,821 (52.8) * Vic 1,037,593 675,481 (65.1) * 362,112 (34.9) Qld 501,603 310,352 (61.9) * 191,251 (38.1) SA 320,413 128,582 (40.1) 191,831 (59.9) * WA 210,855 100,326 (47.6) 110,529 (52.4) * Tas 117,134 45,616 (38.9) 71,518 (61.1) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,594,008 1,924,946 (53.6) 1,669,062 (46.4) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was approved nationally but was rejected in four states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power over marketing. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,550,947 1,461,860 (94.2) 108,601 (07.4) Vic 1,128,492 1,074,278 (95.2) 68,920 (06.4) Qld 562,240 519,933 (92.5) 35,946 (06.9) SA 358,069 341,444 (94.4) 27,578 (08.1) WA 247,536 221,832 (89.6) 16,501 (07.4) Tas 133,444 125,016 (93.7) 12,621 (10.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,980,728 3,744,363 (94.1) 270,167 (07.2) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 1,353,259 456,802 (33.7) 896,457 (66.3) * Vic 1,005,358 468,337 (46.6) 537,021 (53.4) * Qld 483,987 187,685 (38.8) 296,302 (61.2) * SA 313,866 65,364 (20.8) 248,502 (79.2) * WA 205,331 57,023 (27.8) 148,308 (72.2) * Tas 112,395 24,597 (21.9) 87,798 (78.1) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,474,196 1,259,808 (36.3) 2,214,388 (63.7) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------