1946 Australian Marketing of Primary Products referendum

October 2021 October 2021 1946 Australian Marketing of Primary Products referendum Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled —"Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) 1946" ? 1946 09 28 y Australia A simple majority of voters nationwide. A majority in 4 out of the 6 states. Proposal rejected due to gaining a majority in only 3 of the 6 states. 1946 Australian Marketing of Primary Products and Industrial Employment referendum - State majorities.svg 220 Majority in each state.#4daf4a Yes:New South WalesVictoriaWestern Australia#e41a1c No:QueenslandSouth AustraliaTasmania The Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) Bill 1946,https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/billshistorical/HBILL194345V200057/upload_binary/057 - CONSTITUTION ALTERATION (ORGANIZED MARKETING OF PRIMARY PRODUCTS) Bill 1946.pdf Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) Bill 1946 (Cth). was an unsuccessful proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth explicit power to make laws for the organised marketing of primary products and to exempt it from the freedom of interstate trade requirement of section 92 of the constitution. It was put to voters for approval in a referendum held on 28 September 1946. Question Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled "Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) 1946"? Proposed Changes to the Constitution The proposal was to insert into section 51 the following:51. The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have Legislative power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to: ... (i.A.) Organized marketing of primary products; ... (2.) The power of the Parliament to make laws under paragraph (i.A.) of the last preceding sub-section may be exercised notwithstanding anything contained in section ninety-two of this Constitution. Results + ResultHandbook State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal Vote % Vote % New South Wales 1,858,749 1,757,150 855,233 51.83 794,852 48.17 107,065 Victoria 1,345,537 1,261,374 624,343 52.37 567,860 47.63 69,171 Queensland 660,316 612,170 251,672 43.74 323,678 56.26 36,820 South Australia 420,361 399,301 183,674 48.74 193,201 51.26 22,426 Western Australia 300,337 279,066 145,781 56.21 113,562 43.79 19,723 Tasmania 154,553 144,880 55,561 42.55 75,018 57.45 14,301 Armed forcesArmed forces totals are also included in their respective states.  37,021 19,924 53.81 15,997 43.21 986 Total for Commonwealth 4,739,853 4,453,941 2,116,264 50.57 2,068,171 49.43 269,506 Results Obtained majority in three states and an overall majority of 48,093 votes. Not carried Discussion This was the third occasion in which the commonwealth sought power to enact legislative schemes for the marketing of agricultural produce, having been unsuccessful in 1937 and 1944.Handbook For a referendum to approve an amendment of the constitution, it must ordinarily achieve a double majority: approved by a majority of states (i.e., four of the six states) as well as a majority of those voting nationwide.Cth act coaca430 Constitution 128 Mode of altering the Constitution. This was the second of five referendums (2021 10 y) to achieve an overall majority, but fail the requirement of a majority of states.Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fnewhandbook%2F2014-10-31%2F0048%22 Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Constitutional referendums Parliamentary Library of Australia See also Politics of Australia History of Australia References Handbook Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fnewhandbook%2F2014-10-31%2F0049%22 Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results Parliamentary Library of Australia Further reading Standing Committee on Legislative and Constitutional Affairs (1997) Constitutional Change: Select sources on Constitutional change in Australia 1901–1997 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605092632/http://www.aph.gov.au/HOUSE/committee/laca/Inquiryinconch.htm 5 June 2011 . Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra. Bennett, Scott (2003). Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment https://web.archive.org/web/20120216200422/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2002-03/03RP11.htm 16 February 2012 Australian Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra. Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra. 1946 Referendum (Marketing) Referendum (Marketing) Category:1946 referendums 1946 (Marketing) Category:Aftermath of World War II in Australia