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
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	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