Australian referendum, 1937 (Marketing)

Constitution Alteration (Marketing) 1936 was an Australian referendum held in the 1937 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to remove the restraints imposed on Parliament by section 92 of the Constitution.

Question

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

Results

Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Invalid
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	Invalid
New South Wales	1,550,947	1,461,860	456,802	%33.76	896,457	%66.24	108,601
Victoria	1,128,492	1,074,278	468,337	%46.58	537,021	%53.42	68,920
Queensland	562,240	519,933	187,685	%38.78	296,302	%61.22	35,946
South Australia	358,069	341,444	65,364	%20.83	248,502	%79.17	27,578
Western Australia	247,536	221,832	57,023	%27.77	148,308	%72.23	16,501
Tasmania	133,444	125,016	24,597	%21.88	87,798	%78.12	12,621
Total for Commonwealth	3,980,728	3,744,363	1,259,808	%36.26	2,214,388	%63.74	270,167
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 954,580 votes.
Not carried

Elections and referendums in Australia

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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, 1937 (Marketing)

Question

Results

See also