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! style="width:50px" align="center" |[[New South Wales|NSW]] |
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! style="width:50px" align="center" |[[Victoria, Australia|Vic]] |
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==Results in detail== |
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===State Debts=== |
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===Surplus Revenue=== |
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==See also== |
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*[[Referendums in Australia]] |
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*[[Politics of Australia]] |
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*[[History of Australia]] |
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== References == |
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{{refn|name=Gazette|{{cite news |url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1910GN38 |title=Result of the Referendum |work=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |via=www.legislation.gov.au |date=3 June 1910 |number=38 |pages=1157–8}}}} |
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{{refn|name=Handbook|Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) {{cite web |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fnewhandbook%2F2014-10-31%2F0049%22 |title=Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results |publisher=[[Parliamentary Library of Australia]]}}}} |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite book |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=laca/inquiryinconch.htm |title=Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997}} {{cite book |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_representatives_Committees?url=laca/constitutionalchange/part2.pdf |title=Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums |isbn=0644484101 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |date= 24 March 1997}} |
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* {{cite web |author=Bennett, Scott |year=2003 |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp0203/03rp11 |title=Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment |publisher=[[Parliamentary Library of Australia]] |location=Canberra}}. |
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* Australian Electoral Commission (2007) ''[http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/Referendum_Dates_and_Results.htm Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present]'' AEC, Canberra. |
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Latest revision as of 01:13, 14 February 2023
The 1910 Australian referendum was held on 13 April 1910, in conjunction with the 1910 federal election. It contained two referendum questions.
| Question | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | States in favour | Voters in favour | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2) State Debts | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5:1 | 55% | Carried |
| (3) Surplus Revenue | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 3:3 | 49% | Not carried |
Results in detail
[edit]State Debts
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1910 Australian referendum (State Debts) § Referendum results
Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (State Debts) 1909?
| State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | % | Vote | % | |||||
| New South Wales | 834,662 | 512,802 | 159,275 | 33.34 | 318,412 | 66.66 | 34,060 | |
| Victoria | 703,699 | 468,535 | 279,392 | 64.59 | 153,148 | 35.41 | 33,824 | |
| Queensland | 279,031 | 170,634 | 102,705 | 64.57 | 56,346 | 35.43 | 9,971 | |
| South Australia | 207,655 | 110,053 | 72,985 | 73.18 | 26,742 | 26.82 | 10,252 | |
| Western Australia | 134,979 | 83,893 | 57,367 | 72.80 | 21,437 | 27.20 | 4,324 | |
| Tasmania | 98,456 | 57,609 | 43,329 | 80.97 | 10,186 | 19.03 | 3,778 | |
| Total for Commonwealth | 2,258,482 | 1,403,976 | 715,053 | 54.95 | 586,271 | 45.05 | 96,209 | |
| Results | Obtained majority in 5 states and an overall majority of 128,782 votes. Carried. | |||||||
Surplus Revenue
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1910 Australian referendum (Surplus Revenue) § Referendum results
Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Finance) 1909'?
| State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | |||
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| Vote | % | Vote | % | |||||
| New South Wales | 834,662 | 512,802 | 227,650 | 47.35 | 253,107 | 52.65 | 31,411 | |
| Victoria | 703,699 | 468,535 | 200,165 | 45.26 | 242,119 | 54.74 | 24,299 | |
| Queensland | 279,031 | 170,634 | 87,130 | 54.58 | 72,516 | 45.42 | 9,489 | |
| South Australia | 207,655 | 110,503 | 49,352 | 49.06 | 51,250 | 50.94 | 9,679 | |
| Western Australia | 134,979 | 83,893 | 49,050 | 61.74 | 30,392 | 38.26 | 3,890 | |
| Tasmania | 98,456 | 57,609 | 32,167 | 59.99 | 21,454 | 40.01 | 3,669 | |
| Total for Commonwealth | 2,258,482 | 1,403,976 | 645,514 | 49.04 | 670,838 | 50.96 | 82,437 | |
| Results | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 25,324 votes. Not carried | |||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Result of the Referendum". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 38. 3 June 1910. pp. 1157–8 – via www.legislation.gov.au.
- ^ a b c Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia.
Further reading
[edit]- Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997. Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 24 March 1997. ISBN 0644484101.
- Bennett, Scott (2003). "Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment". Canberra: Parliamentary Library of Australia..
- Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra.
