Australian referendum, 1946 (Industrial Employment)

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Constitution Alteration (Industrial Employment) 1946 sought to give the government legislative powers over the terms and conditions of industrial employment but not so as to authorise any form of industrial conscription. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1946.

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industrial Employment) 1946'?

Result
State On

rolls

 Ballots

issued

 For Against Informal
 %  %
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*   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
Obtained majority in three States and an overall

majority of 24,415 votes.
Not

carried

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

This was one of the few occasions when an overall national majority was evident, albeit by a small margin, but no state majority was reached resulting in the referendum being not carried.

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