Australian referendum, 1926 (Essential Services)

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Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926 sought to give the government power to protect the public from any actual or probable interruption of essential services. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1926.

[edit] Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926'?

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
				%		%
New South Wales	1,241,635	1,131,656	545,270	%50.39	536,734	%49.61	49,652
Victoria	968,861	888,661	296,548	%35.55	537,560	%64.45	54,553
Queensland	440,632	399,664	188,473	%50.56	184,320	%49.44	26,871
South Australia	303,054	281,492	81,966	%31.32	179,740	%68.68	19,786
Western Australia	190,286	164,555	39,566	%25.90	113,222	%74.10	11,767
Tasmania	110,484	98,356	43,679	%48.59	46,217	%51.41	8,460
Total for Commonwealth	3,254,952	2,964,384	1,195,502	%42.80	1,597,793	%57.20	171,089
Obtained majority in two States and an overall minority of 402,291 votes.
Not carried

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