Western Australian retail trading hours referendum, 2005

The 2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum was held in Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

on 20 February 2005. The 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...

failed, with a majority voting against both extended weeknight retail trading and Sunday retail trading.

Questions

Question 1
Do you believe that the Western Australian community would benefit if trading hours in the Perth Metropolitan Area were extended to allow general retail shops to trade until 9 pm Monday to Friday?

Question 2
Do you believe that the Western Australian community would benefit if trading hours in the Perth Metropolitan Area were extended to allow general retail shops to trade for 6 hours on Sunday?

Weeknight trading

Region	On rolls	Ballots issued	Yes	%	No	%	Informal
North Metropolitan Electoral region of North Metropolitan The electoral region of North Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the north-western and western suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with seven members who had been...	388,999	351,520	150,386	43.55%	194,950	56.45%	6,184
South Metropolitan Electoral region of South Metropolitan The electoral region of South Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the southern suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been elected at the...	271,044	243,937	104,328	40.69%	134,673	59.31%	4,936
East Metropolitan Electoral region of East Metropolitan The electoral region of East Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been...	273,378	249,158	99,577	44.81%	145,120	55.19%	4,461
Agricultural Electoral region of Agricultural The electoral region of Agricultural is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern regions of the state...	95,041	85,592	24,809	29.62%	58,950	70.38%	1,833
South West Electoral region of South West The electoral region of South West is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern regions of the state...	162,560	147,667	53,372	37.06%	90,635	62.94%	3,660
Mining and Pastoral Electoral region of Mining and Pastoral The electoral region of Mining and Pastoral is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the northern and eastern regions of the State. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been...	68,240	51,237	24,711	50.18%	24,532	49.82%	1,994
Total for State	1,259,262	1,129,111	457,183	41.34%	648,860	58.66%	23,068

Sunday trading

Region	On rolls	Ballots issued	Yes	%	No	%	Informal
North Metropolitan Electoral region of North Metropolitan The electoral region of North Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the north-western and western suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with seven members who had been...	388,999	351,548	135,594	39.62%	206,613	60.38%	9,341
South Metropolitan Electoral region of South Metropolitan The electoral region of South Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the southern suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been elected at the...	271,044	243,938	96,831	40.92%	139,792	59.08%	7,315
East Metropolitan Electoral region of East Metropolitan The electoral region of East Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been...	273,378	249,152	89,403	36.85%	153,178	63.15%	6,571
Agricultural Electoral region of Agricultural The electoral region of Agricultural is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern regions of the state...	95,041	85,596	23,270	28.05%	59,687	71.95%	2,639
South West Electoral region of South West The electoral region of South West is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern regions of the state...	162,560	147,593	53,153	37.34%	89,212	62.66%	5,228
Mining and Pastoral Electoral region of Mining and Pastoral The electoral region of Mining and Pastoral is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the northern and eastern regions of the State. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been...	68,240	51,237	24,691	50.71%	23,996	49.29%	2,550
Total for State	1,259,262	1,129,064	422,942	38.61%	672,478	61.39%	33,644

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