# 1919 Australian referendum

The 1919 Australian referendum was held on 13 December 1919. It contained two referendum questions. The referendums were held in conjunction with the 1919 federal election.
Results :
| Question | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | States in favour | Voters in favour | Result |
| (12) Legislative Powers | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | 3:3 | 49.7% | Not carried |
| (13) Nationalisation of Monopolies | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | 3:3 | 48.6% | Not carried |

## Results in detail
### Legislative Powers

    This section is an excerpt from 1919 Australian referendum (Legislative Powers) § Results
Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919'?
Result :
| State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | For | Against | Against | Informal |
| State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | Vote | % | Vote | % | Informal |
| New South Wales | 1,079,439 | 717,565 | 259,751 | 39.95 | 390,450 | 60.05 | 67,132 |
| Victoria | 837,408 | 638,098 | 369,210 | 64.65 | 201,869 | 35.35 | 66,227 |
| Queensland | 389,200 | 330,231 | 175,225 | 57.35 | 130,299 | 42.65 | 24,397 |
| South Australia | 268,235 | 178,092 | 40,520 | 25.28 | 119,789 | 74.72 | 17,656 |
| Western Australia | 163,544 | 103,235 | 48,142 | 51.75 | 44,892 | 48.25 | 9,854 |
| Tasmania | 112,036 | 65,716 | 18,509 | 33.43 | 36,861 | 66.57 | 10,128 |
| Total for Commonwealth | 2,849,862 | 2,032,937 | 911,357 | 49.65 | 924,160 | 50.35 | 195,394 |
| Results | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 12,803 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 12,803 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 12,803 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 12,803 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 12,803 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 12,803 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 12,803 votes. Not carried |

### Monopolies

    This section is an excerpt from 1919 Australian referendum (Monopolies) § Results
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Nationalization of Monopolies) 1919'?
Result :
| State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | For | Against | Against | Informal |
| State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | Vote | % | Vote | % | Informal |
| New South Wales | 1,079,439 | 717,565 | 227,156 | 38.31 | 365,847 | 61.69 | 124,330 |
| Victoria | 837,408 | 638,098 | 324,343 | 63.29 | 188,129 | 36.71 | 124,834 |
| Queensland | 389,200 | 330,231 | 162,062 | 56.92 | 122,650 | 43.08 | 45,209 |
| South Australia | 268,235 | 178,092 | 38,503 | 25.54 | 112,259 | 74.46 | 27,203 |
| Western Australia | 163,544 | 103,235 | 45,285 | 53.99 | 38,584 | 46.01 | 19,019 |
| Tasmania | 112,036 | 65,716 | 16,531 | 34.08 | 31,982 | 65.92 | 16,985 |
| Total for Commonwealth | 2,849,862 | 2,032,937 | 813,880 | 48.64 | 859,451 | 51.36 | 357,580 |
| Results | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 45,571 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 45,571 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 45,571 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 45,571 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 45,571 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 45,571 votes. Not carried | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 45,571 votes. Not carried |