1926 Australian referendum (Essential Services)

Australian Essential Services referendum, 1926
4 September 1926 (1926-09-04)
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled —

"Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926" ?
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 1,195,502 42.80%
No 1,597,793 57.20%
Valid votes 2,793,295 94.23%
Invalid or blank votes 171,089 5.77%
Total votes 2,964,384 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 3,254,952 91.07%

The Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) Bill 1926,[1] was an unsuccessful referendum held in 1926 that sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power to protect the public from any actual or probable interruption of essential services.

  1. ^ "Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) Bill". Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via legislation.gov.au.