Australian referendum, 1919 (Monopolies)

Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 1919 sought to extend the government's power to legislate monopolies. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1919.

Results

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 1919'?

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal	Result
				%		%
New South Wales	1,079,439	717,565	227,156	38.31%	365,847	61.69%	124,330	No
Victoria	837,408	638,098	324,343	63.29%	188,129	36.71%	124,834	Yes
Queensland	389,200	330,231	162,062	56.92%	122,650	43.08%	45,209	Yes
South Australia	268,235	178,092	38,503	25.54%	112,259	74.46%	27,203	No
Western Australia	163,544	103,235	45,285	53.99%	38,584	46.01%	19,019	Yes
Tasmania	112,036	65,716	16,531	34.08%	31,982	65.92%	16,985	No
Total for Commonwealth	2,849,862	2,032,937	813,880	48.64%	859,451	51.36%	357,580	No
Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 45,571 votes.
Not carried