1946 Australian referendum

The 1946 Australian referendum was held on 28 September 1946. It contained three referendum questions.

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

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(20) Social Services | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | 6:0  | 54.4%  | Carried
(21) Marketing | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | 3:3  | 50.6%  | Not carried
(22) Industrial Employment | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | 3:3  | 50.3%  | Not carried

The referendum was held in conjunction with the 1946 federal election.

## Results in detail

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### Social Services

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This section is an excerpt from 1946 Australian referendum (Social Services) § Results
Result [1] State  | Electoral roll  | Ballots issued  | For  | Against  | Informal

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Vote  | %  | Vote  | %
New South Wales  | 1,858,749  | 1,757,150  | 897,887  | 54.00  | 764,723  | 46.00  | 94,540
Victoria  | 1,345,537  | 1,261,374  | 671,967  | 55.98  | 528,452  | 44.02  | 60,955
Queensland  | 660,316  | 612,170  | 299,205  | 51.26  | 284,465  | 48.74  | 28,500
South Australia  | 420,361  | 399,301  | 197,395  | 51.73  | 184,172  | 48.27  | 17,734
Western Australia  | 300,337  | 279,066  | 164,017  | 62.26  | 99,412  | 37.74  | 15,637
Tasmania  | 154,553  | 144,880  | 67,463  | 50.58  | 65,924  | 49.42  | 11,493
Armed forces [a] |  | 37,021 | 22,824 |  | 13,211 |  | 986
Total for Commonwealth  | 4,739,853  | 4,453,941  | 2,297,934  | 54.39  | 1,927,148  | 45.61  | 228,859
Results  | Obtained majority in six states and an overall majority of 370,786 votes. Carried

1. ^ Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.

### Marketing

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This section is an excerpt from 1946 Australian referendum (Marketing) § Results
Result [1] State  | Electoral roll  | Ballots issued  | For  | Against  | Informal

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Vote  | %  | Vote  | %
New South Wales  | 1,858,749  | 1,757,150  | 855,233  | 51.83  | 794,852  | 48.17  | 107,065
Victoria  | 1,345,537  | 1,261,374  | 624,343  | 52.37  | 567,860  | 47.63  | 69,171
Queensland  | 660,316  | 612,170  | 251,672  | 43.74  | 323,678  | 56.26  | 36,820
South Australia  | 420,361  | 399,301  | 183,674  | 48.74  | 193,201  | 51.26  | 22,426
Western Australia  | 300,337  | 279,066  | 145,781  | 56.21  | 113,562  | 43.79  | 19,723
Tasmania  | 154,553  | 144,880  | 55,561  | 42.55  | 75,018  | 57.45  | 14,301
Armed forces [a] |  | 37,021  | 19,924  | 53.81  | 15,997  | 43.21  | 986
Total for Commonwealth  | 4,739,853  | 4,453,941  | 2,116,264  | 50.57  | 2,068,171  | 49.43  | 269,506
Results  | Obtained majority in three states and an overall majority of 48,093 votes. Not carried

1. ^ Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.

### Industrial Employment

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This section is an excerpt from 1946 Australian referendum (Industrial Employment) § Results
Result [1] State  | Electoral roll  | Ballots issued  | For  | Against  | Informal

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Vote  | %  | Vote  | %
New South Wales  | 1,858,749  | 1,757,150  | 833,822  | 51.72  | 778,280  | 48.28  | 145,048
Victoria  | 1,345,537  | 1,261,374  | 609,355  | 52.08  | 560,773  | 47.92  | 91,246
Queensland  | 660,316  | 612,170  | 243,242  | 43.42  | 316,970  | 56.58  | 51,958
South Australia  | 420,361  | 399,301  | 179,153  | 48.20  | 192,516  | 51.80  | 27,632
Western Australia  | 300,337  | 279,066  | 142,186  | 55.74  | 112,881  | 44.26  | 23,999
Tasmania  | 154,553  | 144,880  | 52,517  | 41.37  | 74,440  | 58.63  | 17,923
Armed forces [a] |  | 37,021  | 20,445  | 55.23  | 15,239  | 41.16  | 1337
Total for Commonwealth  | 4,739,853  | 4,453,941  | 2,060,275  | 50.30  | 2,035,860  | 49.70  | 357,806
Results  | Obtained majority in three states and an overall majority of 24,415 votes. Not carried

1. ^ Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ a b c d 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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