Australian referendum, 1948
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The 1948 Australian Referendum was held on 29 May 1948. It contained one referendum question.
- (23) Rents and Prices
[edit] Proposed Amendment
Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947 sought increase the power of the government to make laws with respect to rents and prices.
[edit] Results
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947'?
| State | On
rolls |
Ballots
issued |
For | Against | Informal | ||
| % | % | ||||||
| New South Wales | 1,880,779 | 1,762,091 | 723,183 | %41.66 | 1,012,639 | %58.34 | 26,269 |
| Victoria | 1,351,853 | 1,270,037 | 559,361 | %44.63 | 693,937 | %55.37 | 16,739 |
| Queensland | 669,555 | 617,678 | 187,955 | %30.80 | 422,236 | %69.20 | 7,487 |
| South Australia | 422,809 | 402,778 | 167,171 | %42.15 | 229,438 | %57.85 | 6,169 |
| Western Australia | 301,223 | 278,282 | 105,605 | %38.59 | 168,088 | %61.41 | 4,589 |
| Tasmania | 157,668 | 145,135 | 50,437 | %35.45 | 91,845 | %64.55 | 2,853 |
| Armed Forces* | 11,905 | 6,557 | 5,213 | 135 | |||
| Total for Commonwealth | 4,783,887 | 4,476,001 | 1,793,712 | %40.66 | 2,618,183 | %59.34 | 64,106 |
| Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority
of 824,471 votes. |
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| Not carried | |||||||
* Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.
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Australian general elections
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