Australian referendum, 1937 (Aviation)

Constitution Alteration (Aviation) 1936 was an Australian referendum held in the 1937 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power with respect to air navigation and aircraft.

Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Aviation) 1936'?

Results

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Invalid
				%		%
New South Wales	1,550,947	1,461,860	664,589	%47.25	741,821	%52.75	55,450
Victoria	1,128,492	1,074,278	675,481	%65.10	362,112	%34.90	36,685
Queensland	562,240	519,933	310,352	%61.87	191,251	%38.13	18,330
South Australia	358,069	341,444	128,582	%40.13	191,831	%59.87	21,031
Western Australia	247,536	221,832	100,326	%47.58	110,529	%52.42	10,977
Tasmania	133,444	125,016	45,616	%38.94	71,518	%61.06	7,882
Total for Commonwealth	3,980,728	3,744,363	1,924,946	%53.56	1,669,062	%46.44	150,355
Obtained majority in two States and an overall majority of 255,884 votes.
Not carried

Discussion

This was one of the few instances where an overall majority was overridden by not having a majority of states.

See also