Australian referendum, 1913 (Corporations)
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Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1912 sought to extend the Commonwealth Parliament's power to make laws with respect to corporations. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1913.
[edit] Results
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled "Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1912"?
| State | On rolls | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | ||
| % | % | ||||||
| New South Wales | 1,036,187 | 717,855 | 317,668 | 46.79 | 361,255 | 53.21 | 37,676 |
| Victoria | 830,391 | 626,861 | 298,479 | 49.14 | 308,915 | 50.86 | 19,139 |
| Queensland | 363,082 | 280,525 | 146,936 | 54.31 | 123,632 | 45.69 | 9,736 |
| South Australia | 244,026 | 195,463 | 96,309 | 51.34 | 91,273 | 48.66 | 7,664 |
| Western Australia | 179,784 | 132,149 | 66,595 | 52.84 | 59,445 | 47.16 | 5,776 |
| Tasmania | 106,746 | 80,398 | 34,724 | 45.08 | 42,304 | 54.92 | 3,244 |
| Total for Commonwealth | 2,760,216 | 2,033,251 | 960,711 | 49.33 | 986,824 | 50.67 | 83,235 |
| Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 26,113 votes. | |||||||
| Not carried | |||||||
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