REFERENDUM OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946
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Title: 1. Constitutional Alteration (Social Services)
       2. Constitutional Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary 
           Products)
       3. Constitutional Alteration (Industrial Employment)
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Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth 
power over social services.

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         1,858,749      1,757,150 (94.5)     94,540 (05.4)
Vic         1,345,537      1,261,374 (93.7)     60,955 (04.8)
Qld           660,316        612,170 (92.7)     28,500 (04.6)
SA            420,361        399,301 (95.0)     17,734 (04.4)
WA            300,337        279,066 (92.9)     15,637 (05.6)
Tas           154,553        144,880 (93.7)     11,493 (07.9)
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Total       4,739,853      4,453,941 (94.0)    228,859 (05.1)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         1,662,610       897,887 (54.0) *     764,723 (46.0)
Vic         1,200,419       671,967 (56.0) *     528,452 (44.0)
Qld           583,670       299,205 (51.3) *     284,465 (48.7)
SA            381,567       197,395 (51.7) *     184,172 (48.3)
WA            263,429       164,017 (62.3) *      99,412 (37.7)
Tas           133,387        67,463 (50.6) *      65,924 (49.4)
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Total       4,225,082     2,297,934 (54.4) *   1,927,148 (45.6)
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The proposal was approved nationally and in six states and was 
therefore carried.
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Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth 
power over organised marketing of primary products.

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         1,858,749      1,757,150 (94.5)    107,065 (06.1)
Vic         1,345,537      1,261,374 (93.7)     69,171 (05.5)
Qld           660,316        612,170 (92.7)     36,820 (06.0)
SA            420,361        399,301 (95.0)     22,426 (05.6)
WA            300,337        279,066 (92.9)     19,723 (07.1)
Tas           154,553        144,880 (93.7)     14,301 (09.9)
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Total       4,739,853      4,453,941 (94.0)    269,506 (06.1)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         1,650,085       855,233 (51.8) *     794,852 (48.2)
Vic         1,192,203       624,343 (52.4) *     567,860 (47.6)
Qld           575,350       251,672 (43.7)       323,678 (56.3) *
SA            376,875       183,674 (48.7)       193,201 (51.3) *
WA            259,343       145,781 (56.2) *     113,562 (43.8)
Tas           130,579        55,561 (42.5)        75,018 (57.5) *
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Total       4,184,435     2,116,264 (50.6)     2,068,171 (49.4) *
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The proposal was approved nationally but was rejected in three
states and was therefore not carried.
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Proposal 3: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth 
power over industrial employment.

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         1,858,749      1,757,150 (94.5)    145,048 (08.3)
Vic         1,345,537      1,261,374 (93.7)     91,246 (07.2)
Qld           660,316        612,170 (92.7)     51,958 (08.5)
SA            420,361        399,301 (95.0)     27,632 (06.9)
WA            300,337        279,066 (92.9)     23,999 (08.6)
Tas           154,553        144,880 (93.7)     17,923 (12.4)
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Total       4,739,853      4,453,941 (94.0)    357,806 (08.0)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         1,612,102       833,822 (51.7) *     778,280 (48.3)
Vic         1,170,128       609,355 (52.1) *     560,773 (47.9)
Qld           560,212       243,242 (43.4)       316,970 (56.6) *
SA            371,669       179,153 (48.2)       192,516 (51.8) *
WA            255,067       142,186 (55.7) *     112,881 (44.3)
Tas           126,957        52,517 (41.4)        74,440 (58.6) *
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Total       4,096,135     2,060,275 (50.3)     2,035,860 (49.7) *
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The proposal was approved nationally but was rejected in three
states and was therefore not carried.
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