Australian referendum, 1937 (Marketing)

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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.

[edit] Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Marketing) 1936'?

Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	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