Australian referendum, 1948

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The 1948 Australian Referendum was held on 29 May 1948. It contained one referendum question.

• (23) Rents and Prices

[edit] Proposed Amendment

Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947 sought increase the power of the government to make laws with respect to rents and prices.

[edit] Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947'?

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
				%		%
New South Wales	1,880,779	1,762,091	723,183	%41.66	1,012,639	%58.34	26,269
Victoria	1,351,853	1,270,037	559,361	%44.63	693,937	%55.37	16,739
Queensland	669,555	617,678	187,955	%30.80	422,236	%69.20	7,487
South Australia	422,809	402,778	167,171	%42.15	229,438	%57.85	6,169
Western Australia	301,223	278,282	105,605	%38.59	168,088	%61.41	4,589
Tasmania	157,668	145,135	50,437	%35.45	91,845	%64.55	2,853
Armed Forces*		11,905	6,557		5,213		135
Total for Commonwealth	4,783,887	4,476,001	1,793,712	%40.66	2,618,183	%59.34	64,106
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 824,471 votes.
Not carried

* Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.

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