1910 Australian referendum

The 1910 Australian referendum was held on 13 April 1910, in conjunction with the 1910 federal election. It contained two referendum questions.

Result [1][2] Question  | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | States in favour  | Voters in favour  | Result

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(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

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### State Debts

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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?

Result [1][2] State  | Electoral roll  | Ballots issued  | For  | Against  | Informal

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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

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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'?

Result [1][2] 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

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* Referendums in Australia
* Politics of Australia
* History of Australia

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Result of the Referendum". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 38\. 3 June 1910. pp. 1157–8 - via www.legislation.gov.au.
2. ^ a b c Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia.

## Further reading

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* 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.

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