REFERENDUM OF 18 MAY 1974 =================================================================== Title 1: Constitutional Alteration (Simultaneous Elections) 2: Constitutional Alteration (Mode of Altering the Constitution) 3: Constitutional Alteration (Democratic Elections) 4: Constitutional Alteration (Local Government Bodies) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to require elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate to be held on the same day. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,834,558 2,702,903 (95.3) 40,301 (01.5) Vic 2,161,474 2,070,893 (95.8) 35,813 (01.7) Qld 1,154,762 1,098,401 (95.1) 12,865 (01.2) SA 750,308 722,434 (96.3) 17,399 (02.4) WA 612,016 577,989 (94.4) 13,343 (02.3) Tas 246,596 237,891 (96.5) 3,942 (01.6) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,759,714 7,410,511 (95.5) 123,663 (01.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,662,602 1,359,485 (51.1) * 1,303,117 (48.5) Vic 2,035,080 1,001,111 (49.2) 1,033,969 (50.8) * Qld 1,085,536 481,092 (44.3) 604,444 (55.7) * SA 705,035 332,369 (47.1) 372,666 (52.9) * WA 564,646 248,860 (44.1) 315,786 (55.9) * Tas 233,949 96,793 (41.4) 137,156 (58.6) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,286,848 3,519,710 (48.3) 3,767,138 (51.7) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in five states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to allow residents of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory to vote in referendums, and to change the number of states whose approval is required for the carriage of a referendum from a majority to half (that is, from four to three). State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,834,558 2,702,903 (95.3) 39,806 (01.5) Vic 2,161,474 2,070,893 (95.8) 35,654 (01.7) Qld 1,154,762 1,098,401 (95.1) 12,659 (01.1) SA 750,308 722,434 (96.3) 17,589 (02.4) WA 612,016 577,989 (94.4) 13,420 (02.3) Tas 246,596 237,891 (96.5) 3,953 (01.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,759,714 7,410,511 (95.5) 123,081 (01.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,663,097 1,367,476 (51.3) * 1,295,621 (48.7) Vic 2,035,239 1,001,753 (49.2) 1,033,486 (50.8) * Qld 1,085,742 480,926 (44.3) 604,816 (55.7) * SA 704,845 311,954 (44.3) 392,891 (55.7) * WA 564,569 240,134 (42.5) 324,435 (57.5) * Tas 233,938 95,264 (40.7) 138,674 (59.3) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,287,430 3,497,507 (48.0) 3,789,923 (52.0) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in five states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 3: To amend the Constitution to make population, rather that the number of electors, the criterion for determining the size of electorates. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,834,558 2,702,903 (95.3) 40,083 (01.5) Vic 2,161,474 2,070,893 (95.8) 35,967 (01.7) Qld 1,154,762 1,098,401 (95.1) 12,929 (01.2) SA 750,308 722,434 (96.3) 17,738 (02.4) WA 612,016 577,989 (94.4) 13,456 (02.3) Tas 246,596 237,891 (96.5) 3,998 (01.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,759,714 7,410,511 (95.5) 124,171 (01.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,662,820 1,345,983 (50.5) * 1,316,837 (49.5) Vic 2,034,926 970,903 (47.7) 1,064,023 (52.3) * Qld 1,085,472 474,337 (43.7) 611,135 (56.3) * SA 704,696 310,839 (44.1) 393,857 (55.9) * WA 564,533 241,946 (42.8) 322,587 (57.2) * Tas 233,893 95,463 (40.8) 138,430 (59.2) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,286,340 3,439,471 (47.2) 3,846,869 (52.8) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in five states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 4: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth power to borrow money for and make direct grants to local government bodies. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,834,558 2,702,903 (95.3) 44,590 (01.6) Vic 2,161,474 2,070,893 (95.8) 41,109 (02.0) Qld 1,154,762 1,098,401 (95.1) 14,399 (01.3) SA 750,308 722,434 (96.3) 20,466 (02.8) WA 612,016 577,989 (94.4) 14,123 (02.4) Tas 246,596 237,891 (96.5) 4,323 (01.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,759,714 7,410,511 (95.5) 139,010 (01.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,658,313 1,350,274 (50.8) * 1,308,039 (49.2) Vic 2,029,784 961,664 (47.4) 1,068,120 (52.6) * Qld 1,084,002 473,465 (43.7) 610,537 (56.3) * SA 701,968 298,489 (42.5) 403,479 (57.5) * WA 563,866 229,337 (40.7) 334,529 (59.3) * Tas 233,568 93,495 (40.0) 140,073 (60.0) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,271,501 3,406,724 (46.8) 3,864,777 (53.2) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in five states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------