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
				%		%
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.