Australian referendum, 1948 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1948 Australian Referendum was held on 29 May 1948. It contained one referendum

Referendum

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...

question.

(23) Rents and Prices (not carried)

Proposed Amendment

The Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947 sought to increase the power of the federal Parliament to make laws with respect to rent

Renting

Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property owned by another. A gross lease is when the tenant pays a flat rental amount and the landlord pays for all property charges regularly incurred by the ownership from landowners...

s and price

Price

-Definition:In ordinary usage, price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services.In modern economies, prices are generally expressed in units of some form of currency...

Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947'?

Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	Informal
New South Wales	1,880,779	1,762,091	723,183	%41.66	1,012,639	%58.34	26,269
Victoria	1,351,853	1,270,037	559,361	%44.63	693,937	%55.37	16,739
Queensland	669,555	617,678	187,955	%30.80	422,236	%69.20	7,487
South Australia	422,809	402,778	167,171	%42.15	229,438	%57.85	6,169
Western Australia	301,223	278,282	105,605	%38.59	168,088	%61.41	4,589
Tasmania	157,668	145,135	50,437	%35.45	91,845	%64.55	2,853
Armed Forces*		11,905	6,557		5,213		135
Total for Commonwealth	4,783,887	4,476,001	1,793,712	%40.66	2,618,183	%59.34	64,106
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 824,471 votes.
Not carried

* Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.

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