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Australian referendum, 1926 (Industry and Commerce)

Constitution Alteration (Industry and Commerce) 1926 sought to extend the government's legislative powers with respect to corporations, and to give it the power to make laws with respect to trusts and combinations in restraint of trade, trade unions and employer associations. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1926.

Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industry and Commerce) 1926'?

Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	Informal
New South Wales	1,241,635	1,131,656	566,973	%51.53	533,284	%48.47	31,399
Victoria	968,861	888,661	310,261	%36.23	546,138	%63.77	32,262
Queensland	440,632	399,664	202,691	%52.10	186,374	%47.90	10,599
South Australia	303,054	281,492	78,983	%29.32	190,396	%70.68	12,113
Western Australia	190,286	164,555	46,469	%29.29	112,185	%70.71	5,901
Tasmania	110,484	98,356	41,711	%44.86	51,278	%55.14	5,367
Total for Commonwealth	3,254,952	2,964,384	1,247,088	%43.50	1,619,655	%56.50	97,641
Obtained majority in two States and an overall minority of 372,567 votes.
Not carried

Australian referendum, 1926 (Industry and Commerce)

Results

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