1937 Australian referendum (Marketing)
Appearance
Constitution Alteration (Marketing) 1936 sought to remove the restraints imposed on Parliament by section 92 of the constitution. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1937.
Results
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Marketing) 1936'?
State | On
rolls |
Ballots
issued |
For | Against | Informal | ||
% | % | ||||||
New South Wales | 1,550,947 | 1,461,860 | 456,802 | %33.76 | 896,457 | %66.24 | 108,601 |
Victoria | 1,128,492 | 1,074,278 | 468,337 | %46.58 | 537,021 | %53.42 | 68,920 |
Queensland | 562,240 | 519,933 | 187,685 | %38.78 | 296,302 | %61.22 | 35,946 |
South Australia | 358,069 | 341,444 | 65,364 | %20.83 | 248,502 | %79.17 | 27,578 |
Western Australia | 247,536 | 221,832 | 57,023 | %27.77 | 148,308 | %72.23 | 16,501 |
Tasmania | 133,444 | 125,016 | 24,597 | %21.88 | 87,798 | %78.12 | 12,621 |
Total for Commonwealth | 3,980,728 | 3,744,363 | 1,259,808 | %36.26 | 2,214,388 | %63.74 | 270,167 |
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority
of 954,580 votes. | |||||||
Not
carried |
See also