1903 New South Wales referendum

June 2020 June 2020 16 December 1903 New South Wales As to what shall be the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly.Which of the following numbers do you prefer, and what is the order of your preference? Reduce to 90 Reduce to 100 Maintain at 125 206,273 13,316 63,171 41,484 345,500 A referendum concerning the reduction of the members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was put to voters on 16 December 1903, in conjunction with the 1903 federal election. The referendum was conducted on the basis of optional preferential voting. However, preferences were not counted, as an overwhelming majority voted to reduce the number of members to 90.http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1904-redistribution.html 1904 Redistribution Atlas of New South Wales NSW Land & Property Information https://web.archive.org/web/20150623031821/http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1904-redistribution.html 23 June 2015 dead The question The text of the question was:Reduction of Members Referendum Act 1903 https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/romra1903n13334.pdf. As to what shall be the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly. Which of the following numbers do you prefer, and what is the order of your preference?     125 (This is the present number.)   100   90 Results The referendum was overwhelmingly in favour of reducing the number of members to 90. + Resulthttps://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221028756 Result of the referendum Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 25 New South Wales, Australia 12 January 1904 7 December 2019 341 Trove Question Votes % What should be thenumber of Membersof the Legislative Assembly Maintain at 125 63,171 22.3 Reduce to 100 13,316 4.7 Reduce to 90 206,273 72.9 Total Formal 282,760 87.2 Informal 41,484 12.8 TurnoutEstimate based on a roll of 345,500 at the 1901 state election: 1901 election totals 1901 Totals 2021-10-12 4324,244 296.322 Aftermath The referendum did not provide how the reduction of members was to occur. Parliament was recalled to decide how to give effect to the referendum,https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221032384 Summons: recall of parliament Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 35 19 January 1904 10 December 2019 481 Trove and passed the Electorates Redistribution Act 1904 which provided the districts were to be determined by three electoral districts commissioners.https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/era1904n1329.pdf Electorates Redistribution Act 1904. The proposed districts were published by the commissioners on 18 March 1904,https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226393615 Proposed new Electoral Districts Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 158 18 March 1904 10 December 2019 2329 Trove and the final districts were published on 22 April 1904.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226395794 Notice of final electoral districts Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 227 22 April 1904 10 December 2019 3227 Trove See also Referendums in Australia References Category:1903 elections in Australia Category:1903 referendums Category:Referendums in New South Wales Category:December 1903 in Australia Category:1900s in New South Wales