| Australian Legislative Powers referendum, 1919 | |
| Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled — "Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919" ? | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Yes: | 911,357 |
| No: | 924,160 |
| Invalid: | 195,394 |
| Electorate: | 2,849,862 |
The Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) Bill 1919,[1] was an unsuccessful proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to temporarily extend Commonwealth legislative powers with respect to trade and commerce, corporations, industrial matters and trusts that was put to voters for approval in a referendum held in 1919. If approved, the amendments would have operated for a maximum of 3 years. The 1919 referendum was held in conjunction with the 1919 federal election.
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919'?
| width:180px" rowspan="2" | State | width:70px" align=center rowspan="2" | Electoral roll | width:70px" align=center rowspan="2" | Ballots issued | width:140px" align=center colspan="2" | For | width:140px" align=center colspan="2" | Against | width:70px" align=center rowspan="2" | Informal | ||
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| width:70px" align=center | Vote | width:70px" align=center | % | width:70px" align=center | Vote | width:70px" align=center | % | ||||||
| New South Wales | 1,079,439 | 717,565 | 259,751 | 39.95 | 390,450 | 67,132 | |||||||
| Victoria | 837,408 | 638,098 | 369,210 | 201,869 | 35.35 | 66,227 | |||||||
| Queensland | 389,200 | 330,231 | 175,225 | 130,299 | 42.65 | 24,397 | |||||||
| South Australia | 268,235 | 178,092 | 40,520 | 25.28 | 119,789 | 17,656 | |||||||
| Western Australia | 163,544 | 103,235 | 48,142 | 44,892 | 48.25 | 9,854 | |||||||
| Tasmania | 112,036 | 65,716 | 18,509 | 33.43 | 36,861 | 10,128 | |||||||
| Total for Commonwealth | noWrap align="right" | 2,849,862 | noWrap align="right" | 2,032,937 | noWrap align="right" | 911,357 | noWrap align="middle" | 49.65 | noWrap align="right" | 924,160 | noWrap align="right" | 195,394 | |
| Results | Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 12,803 votes. Not carried | ||||||||||||