The 1910 Australian referendum was held on 13 April 1910, in conjunction with the 1910 federal election. It contained two referendum questions.

Result [1][2]
Question NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas States in favour Voters in favour Result
(2) State Debts No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5:1 55% Carried
(3) Surplus Revenue No No Yes No Yes Yes 3:3 49% Not carried

Results in detail

State Debts

This section is an excerpt from 1910 Australian referendum (State Debts) § Referendum results

Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (State Debts) 1909?

Result [1][2]
State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal
Vote  % Vote  %
New South Wales 834,662 512,802 159,275 33.34 318,412 66.66 34,060
Victoria 703,699 468,535 279,392 64.59 153,148 35.41 33,824
Queensland 279,031 170,634 102,705 64.57 56,346 35.43 9,971
South Australia 207,655 110,053 72,985 73.18 26,742 26.82 10,252
Western Australia 134,979 83,893 57,367 72.80 21,437 27.20 4,324
Tasmania 98,456 57,609 43,329 80.97 10,186 19.03 3,778
Total for Commonwealth 2,258,482 1,403,976 715,053 54.95 586,271 45.05 96,209
Results Obtained majority in 5 states and an overall majority of 128,782 votes. Carried.

Surplus Revenue

This section is an excerpt from 1910 Australian referendum (Surplus Revenue) § Referendum results

Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Finance) 1909'?

Result [1][2]
State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal
Vote  % Vote  %
New South Wales 834,662 512,802 227,650 47.35 253,107 52.65 31,411
Victoria 703,699 468,535 200,165 45.26 242,119 54.74 24,299
Queensland 279,031 170,634 87,130 54.58 72,516 45.42 9,489
South Australia 207,655 110,503 49,352 49.06 51,250 50.94 9,679
Western Australia 134,979 83,893 49,050 61.74 30,392 38.26 3,890
Tasmania 98,456 57,609 32,167 59.99 21,454 40.01 3,669
Total for Commonwealth 2,258,482 1,403,976 645,514 49.04 670,838 50.96 82,437
Results Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 25,324 votes. Not carried

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Result of the Referendum". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 38. 3 June 1910. pp. 1157–8 – via www.legislation.gov.au.
  2. 1 2 3 Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia.

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