Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter II. The commonwealth of Australia

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872 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [parr Iv of law with monopolies and trusts which is clearly favoured by the vagueness of the powers of Congregs.1 (9) The Result of the Referenda By March the newspapers of the Commonwealth revealed doubt as to the possibility of the referenda becoming law. With a rare unanimity the ordinary press was opposed to the changes in the Constitution, and naturally this told in a ountry where papers are unquestionably powerful. A marked split developed itself in the Labour party of New South Wales when Mr. Holman declared against so wholesale a taking over of the powers of states, but was reduced to silence by the decision of the party as a whole. Whatever the causes, the result was the decisive defeat of the proposals, by large majorities in every state save Western Australia. The contrast with the results of the general election of 1910 is instructive. The last general election in the Commonwealth was held on April 13, 1910.2 There was an election for eighteen mem- bers of the Senate, that is half of that body, who retire every three years. As each of the six states is one con- stituency for the election, and each elector has three votes, and there was a good deal of cross voting, it is difficult to give figures exactly. The electorate consisted of 2,258,482 persons; 62-16 per cent. voted ; the aggregate number of votes cast for the Government, which carried the whole eighteen seats, was 2,021,092 ; the total number of votes cast for other candi- dates was 1,922,414, giving an aggregate majority of 98,678. In the case of the House of Representatives, 71 out of 75 seats were contested. The available electorate was 2,148,969; 62-80 per cent. of the electorate voted. The aggregate vote cast for labour members was approximately 672,000, that ngainst 624,000, leaving an aggregate majority of 48,000 votes. * Cf. Harrison Moore, Op. cit., pp. 549-60 ; Quick and Garran, op. cit, op. 515-49, * See Parl. Pap., 1910, No. 1.

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