Australian referendum, 1967 (Parliament)

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Held within the Australian referendum, 1967 was a question about the so-called Nexus. Section 24 of the Australian Constitution required that the number of members in the lower house be as near as possible to twice the numbers of members in the upper house (Senate).

This ratio is quite common in other parliaments, but there are significant exceptions. The most important effect of the nexus is to prevent swamping of the senate's power in the case of a joint sitting.

Do you approve the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'An Act to alter the Constitution so that the number of members of the House of Representatives may be increased without necessarily increasing the number of Senators'?

Result
State On

rolls

 Ballots

issued

 For Against Informal
 %  %
New South Wales 2,315,828 2,166,507 1,087,694  %51.01 1,044,458  %48.99 34,355
Victoria 1,734,476 1,630,594 496,826  %30.87 1,112,506  %69.13 21,262
Queensland 904,808 848,728 370,200  %44.13 468,673  %55.87 9,855
South Australia 590,275 560,844 186,344  %33.91 363,120  %66.09 11,380
Western Australia 437,609 405,666 114,841  %29.05 280,523  %70.95 10,302
Tasmania 199,589 189,245 42,764  %23.06 142,660  %76.94 3,821
Total for Commonwealth 6,182,585 5,801,584 2,298,669  %40.25 3,411,940  %59.75 90,975
Obtained majority in one State and an overall minority

of 1,113,271 votes.
Not carried

v • d • e
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