1948 Australian rents and prices referendum

The 1948 Australian Referendum was held on 29 May 1948. It contained one referendum question.

• (23) Rents and Prices (not carried)

Proposed Amendment

The Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947 was an Australian referendum held in the 1948 referendum which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to increase the power of the Commonwealth to make laws with respect to rents and prices.

Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947'?

Results

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
			Vote	%	Vote	%
New South Wales	1,880,779	1,762,091	723,183	41.66	1,012,639	58.34	26,269
Victoria	1,351,853	1,270,037	559,361	44.63	693,937	55.37	16,739
Queensland	669,555	617,678	187,955	30.80	422,236	69.20	7,487
South Australia	422,809	402,778	167,171	42.15	229,438	57.85	6,169
Western Australia	301,223	278,282	105,605	38.59	168,088	61.41	4,589
Tasmania	157,668	145,135	50,437	35.45	91,845	64.55	2,853
Armed Forces*		11,905	6,557		5,213		135
Total for Commonwealth	4,783,887	4,476,001	1,793,712	40.66	2,618,183	59.34	64,106
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 824,471 votes.
Not carried

* Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.