1926 Australian referendum (Essential Services)

October 2021 October 2021 Australian Essential Services referendum 1926 Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled —"Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926" ? 1926 09 04 y Australia 1,195,502 1,597,793 171,089 3,254,952 Amendment Failed The Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) Bill 1926,https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2004B02891 Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) Bill legislation.gov.au 22 April 2019 was an unsuccessful referendum held in 1926 that sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power to protect the public from any actual or probable interruption of essential services. Question Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926'? Proposed Changes to the Constitution The proposal was to alter section 51 of the Constitution as follows: Section fifty-one of the Constitution is altered by inserting after paragraph (v.) the following paragraph:— (v.) a. Protecting the interests of the public in case of actual or probable interruption of any essential service. Results The referendum was not approved by a majority of voters, and a majority of the voters was achieved in only two states, New South Wales and Queensland.Handbook + ResultHandbook State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal Vote % Vote % New South Wales 1,241,635 1,131,656 545,270 50.39 536,734 49.61 49,652 Victoria 968,861 888,661 296,548 35.55 537,560 64.45 54,553 Queensland 440,632 399,664 188,473 50.56 184,320 49.44 26,871 South Australia 303,054 281,492 81,966 31.32 179,740 68.68 19,786 Western Australia 190,286 164,555 39,566 25.90 113,222 74.10 11,767 Tasmania 110,484 98,356 43,679 48.59 46,217 51.41 8,460 Total for Commonwealth 3,254,952 2,964,384 1,195,502 42.80 1,597,793 57.20 171,089 Results Obtained majority in two states and an overall minority of 402,291 votes. Not carried 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 1926 Referendum (Essential Services) Category:1926 referendums 1926 (Essential Services)