Australian referendum, 1926 (Essential Services)

Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926 sought to give the government power to protect the public from any actual or probable interruption of essential services. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1926.

Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926'?

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal	Result
				%		%
New South Wales	1,241,635	1,131,656	545,270	50.39%	536,734	49.61%	49,652	Yes
Victoria	968,861	888,661	296,548	35.55%	537,560	64.45%	54,553	No
Queensland	440,632	399,664	188,473	50.56%	184,320	49.44%	26,871	Yes
South Australia	303,054	281,492	81,966	31.32%	179,740	68.68%	19,786	No
Western Australia	190,286	164,555	39,566	25.90%	113,222	74.10%	11,767	No
Tasmania	110,484	98,356	43,679	48.59%	46,217	51.41%	8,460	No
Total for Commonwealth	3,254,952	2,964,384	1,195,502	42.80%	1,597,793	57.20%	171,089	No
Obtained majority in two States and an overall minority of 402,291 votes.
Not carried