1973 Australian referendum (Prices)

Constitution Alteration (Prices) 1973 was an Australian referendum held in the 1973 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power over prices.

Question

Do you approve the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled "An Act to alter the Constitution so as to enable the Australian Parliament to control prices"?

Results
Result
StateOn

rolls

 Ballots

issued

 For Against Invalid
% %
New South Wales2,827,989 2,618,673 1,257,49948.55% 1,332,485 51.45%28,689
Victoria2,129,494 2,001,924 891,14445.18% 1,081,120 54.82%29,660
Queensland1,128,417 1,055,299 402,50638.47% 643,770 61.53%9,023
South Australia737,573 700,333 282,75441.16% 404,181 58.84%13,398
Western Australia588,789 542,122 169,60531.90% 362,121 68.10%10,396
Tasmania241,207229,016 85,63138.22% 138,416 61.78%4,969
Australian Total7,653,469 7,147,367 3,089,13943.81% 3,962,093 56.19%96,135
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 872,954 votes.
Not carried

See also
  • Another question was put to the people on the same day, Australian referendum, 1973 (Incomes)


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.