Australian referendum, 1913 (Corporations)

Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1912 was an Australian referendum held in the 1913 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to extend the Commonwealth legislative power in respect to corporations.

Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled "Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1912"?

Results

Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	Informal
New South Wales	1,036,187	717,855	317,668	46.79	361,255	53.21	37,676
Victoria	830,391	626,861	298,479	49.14	308,915	50.86	19,139
Queensland	363,082	280,525	146,936	54.31	123,632	45.69	9,736
South Australia	244,026	195,463	96,309	51.34	91,273	48.66	7,664
Western Australia	179,784	132,149	66,595	52.84	59,445	47.16	5,776
Tasmania	106,746	80,398	34,724	45.08	42,304	54.92	3,244
Total for Commonwealth	2,760,216	2,033,251	960,711	49.33	986,824	50.67	83,235
Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 26,113 votes.
Not carried

Elections and referendums in Australia

Federal elections	1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1917 1919 1922 1925 1928 1929 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1951 1953 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1964 1966 1967 1969 1970 1972 1974 1975 1977 1980 1983 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 next by-elections

Referendums	1906 1910 1911 1913 1916 1917 1919 1926 1928 1937 1944 1946 1948 1951 1967 1973 1974 1977 1984 1988 1999

Elections in: Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

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Australian referendum, 1913 (Corporations)

Question

Results

See also