1946 Australian referendum (Marketing)

Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) 1946 was an Australian referendum held in the 1946 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to remove restrictions in Section 92 of the Constitution which limited Commonwealth power to make laws with respect to the organised marketing of primary products.

Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled "Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) 1946"?

Results

Result [1]
State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Invalid	Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	Invalid	Result
New South Wales	1,858,749	1,757,150	855,233	51.83	794,852	48.17	107,065	Yes
Victoria	1,345,537	1,261,374	624,343	52.37	567,860	47.63	69,171	Yes
Queensland	660,316	612,170	251,672	43.74	323,678	56.26	36,820	No
South Australia	420,361	399,301	183,674	48.74	193,201	51.26	22,426	No
Western Australia	300,337	279,066	145,781	56.21	113,562	43.79	19,723	Yes
Tasmania	154,553	144,880	55,561	42.55	75,018	57.45	14,301	No
Armed Forces*		37,021	19,924	53.81	15,997	43.21	986
Total for Commonwealth	4,739,853	4,453,941	2,116,264	50.57	2,068,171	49.43	269,506	Yes
Obtained majority in three States and an overall majority of 48,093 votes.
Not carried

* Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.

Discussion

This was one of the few occasions when an overall national majority was evident, albeit by a small margin, but no state majority was reached resulting in the referendum being not carried.

References

Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017..

Standing Committee on Legislative and Constitutional Affairs (1997) Constitutional Change: Select sources on Constitutional change in Australia 1901–1997. Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra.
Bennett, Scott (2003). Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment Australian Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra.
Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra.

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[Handbook-1] Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017..

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1946 Australian referendum (Marketing)

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