1978 New South Wales referendum

Constitutional Referendum December 2020 December 2020 1978 New South Wales Direct Election of the Legislative Council referendum, Do you approve of the Bill entitled —"A Bill for an Act to provide for the election of members of the Legislative Council directly by the people" ? 1978 06 27 y New South Wales 2,251,336 403,313 69,727 3,085,661 The 1978 New South Wales referendum was held on 17 June 1978 and contained a single question:Do you approve of the Bill entitled 'A Bill for an Act to provide for the election of members of the Legislative Council directly by the people'.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220209813 Writ for a referendum: direct election of the Legislative Council Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 54 15 May 1978 7 December 2020 1814 Trove Background The Lang Labor government unsuccessfully attempted to abolish the Legislative Council in 1925 and 1930. In 1961 a referendum to abolish the council was put to New South Wales voters however it was defeated with only 42% support.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220280260 Constitution Further Amendment (Referendum) Act, 1930 Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 19 May 1961 26 June 2020 1510 Trove Amendments to the constitution The headline change by the proposal was to alter the Constitution Act 1902 to provide for the members of the Legislative Council to be directly elected. The proposal included other changes, being: a reduction in the number of members from 60 to 43, increasing to 44 and then 45; Elections for the council to be held simultaneously with elections for the Legislative Assembly; The term of members being reduced from a fixed 12 years to a maximum of 9 years; and A third of members being elected at each election, rather than the previous quarter.https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/acts/1978-75.pdf Constitution and Parliamentary Electorates and Elections (Amendment) Act 1978 No 75 Legislation.nsw.gov.au 2020-12-07 The transitional arrangements were that the members whose terms were due to expire in 1979 or 1982 had their terms expire at the next general election, held in 1978, those members whose terms were to expire in 1985 would retire at the second general election, held in 1981, and those members whose terms were to expire in 1988 would retire at the third general election, held in 1984.Page Barbara The Legislative Council of New South Wales: Past Present and Future https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/researchpapers/Pages/the-legislative-council-of-new-south-wales-past-.aspx Briefing Paper No. 01/1990 7 December 2020 1990Green Antony Antony Green 2007-03-21 Legislative Council history https://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2007/guide/lc_history.htm 2021-08-08 www.abc.net.au en-AU Results The question was approved with a large majority. + Resulthttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219956233 Result of referendum:A Bill for an Act to provide for the election of members of the Legislative Council directly by the people Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 82 14 July 1978 7 December 2020 3009 TroveReferendum voting https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131859193 The Canberra Times 15 January 2025 7 16 June 1978 Question Votes % Direct election of theLegislative Council Yes4 2,251,336 green 84.81 right No 403,313 15.19 Total Formal 2,654,649 97.44 Informal 69,727 2.56 TurnoutBased on a roll of 3,085,661 at the October 1978 election: 1978 election totals 1978 Totals 2020-12-07 42,724,376 488.29 Legislative Council referendums This was the third referendum in New South Wales on the subject of the Legislative Council. 1933 New South Wales referendum Subsequent referendums table See also Referendums in New South Wales Referendums in Australia References Category:Referendums in New South Wales Category:New South Wales law Category:1978 in New South Wales Category:September 1981 in Australia