1913 Australian referendum (Corporations)

October 2021 October 2021 Australian Corporations referendum, 1913 Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled —"Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1912" ? 1913 05 31 y Australia 960,711 986,824 83,235 2,760,216 The Constitution Alteration (Corporations) Bill 1912,https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2004B02240 Constitution Alteration (Corporations) Bill 1912 legislation.gov.au 22 April 2019 was an unsuccessful proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to extend the Commonwealth legislative power in respect to corporations that was put to voters for approval in a referendum held in 1913. Question Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled "Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1912"? Proposed Changes to the Constituation The proposal was to alter the text of section 51 of the Constitution to read as follows:https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1913GN30 Notification of the receipt of a Writ for a Referendum Commonwealth of Australia Gazette www.legislation.gov.au 25 April 1913 30 1097–8. (removed text stricken through; substituted text in bold) 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: (xx.) Foreign corporations, and trading or financial corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth: Corporations, including (a) the creation, dissolution, regulation, and control of corporations; (b) corporations formed under the law of a State, including their dissolution, regulation, and control; but not including municipal or governmental corporations, or any corporation formed solely for religious, charitable, scientific, or artistic purposes, and not for the acquisition of gain by the, corporation or its members; and (c) foreign corporations, including their regulation and control: Results + ResultGazetteHandbook State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal Vote % Vote % New South Wales 1,036,187 717,855 317,668 46.79 361,255 53.21 37,676 Victoria 830,391 626,861 298,479 49.14 308,915 50.86 19,139 Queensland 363,082 280,525 146,936 54.31 123,632 45.69 9,736 South Australia 244,026 195,463 96,309 51.34 91,273 48.66 7,664 Western Australia 179,784 132,149 66,595 52.84 59,445 47.16 5,776 Tasmania 106,746 80,398 34,724 45.08 42,304 54.92 3,244 Total for Commonwealth 2,760,216 2,033,251 960,711 49.33 986,824 50.67 83,235 Results Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 26,113 votes. Not carried Discussion The 1911 referendum asked a single question that dealt with trade and commerce, corporations and industrial matters. This resolution separated each of those matters into a different question. Like its forebear, none of these resolutions were carried. On each of the many occasions a similar question was asked at a referendum the public decided not to vest power in the Commonwealth over these matters.Handbook 1911 referendum on trade and commerce See also Huddart, Parker & Co Pty Ltd v MooreheadHuddart, Parker & Co Ltd v Moorehead HCA 36 1909 (1909) 8 CLR Commonwealth Law Reports 330 Politics of Australia History of Australia References Gazette https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1913GN55 Result of the Referendum Commonwealth of Australia Gazette www.legislation.gov.au 2 August 1913 55 1792 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. 1913 Referendum (Corporations) Referendum (Corporations) Category:1913 referendums 1913 (Corporations)