The 1946 Australian referendum was held on 28 September 1946. It contained three referendum questions.
| Question | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | States in favour | Voters in favour | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (20) Social Services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6:0 | 54.4% | Carried |
| (21) Marketing | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | 3:3 | 50.6% | Not carried |
| (22) Industrial Employment | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | 3:3 | 50.3% | Not carried |
The referendum was held in conjunction with the 1946 federal election.
| State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | % | Vote | % | |||||
| New South Wales | 1,858,749 | 1,757,150 | 897,887 | 54.00 | 764,723 | 46.00 | 94,540 | |
| Victoria | 1,345,537 | 1,261,374 | 671,967 | 55.98 | 528,452 | 44.02 | 60,955 | |
| Queensland | 660,316 | 612,170 | 299,205 | 51.26 | 284,465 | 48.74 | 28,500 | |
| South Australia | 420,361 | 399,301 | 197,395 | 51.73 | 184,172 | 48.27 | 17,734 | |
| Western Australia | 300,337 | 279,066 | 164,017 | 62.26 | 99,412 | 37.74 | 15,637 | |
| Tasmania | 154,553 | 144,880 | 67,463 | 50.58 | 65,924 | 49.42 | 11,493 | |
| Armed forces [lower-alpha 1] | 37,021 | 22,824 | 13,211 | 986 | ||||
| Total for Commonwealth | 4,739,853 | 4,453,941 | 2,297,934 | 54.39 | 1,927,148 | 45.61 | 228,859 | |
| Results | Obtained majority in six States and an overall majority of 370,786 votes.Carried | |||||||
| State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | % | Vote | % | |||||
| New South Wales | 1,858,749 | 1,757,150 | 855,233 | 51.83 | 794,852 | 48.17 | 107,065 | |
| Victoria | 1,345,537 | 1,261,374 | 624,343 | 52.37 | 567,860 | 47.63 | 69,171 | |
| Queensland | 660,316 | 612,170 | 251,672 | 43.74 | 323,678 | 56.26 | 36,820 | |
| South Australia | 420,361 | 399,301 | 183,674 | 48.74 | 193,201 | 51.26 | 22,426 | |
| Western Australia | 300,337 | 279,066 | 145,781 | 56.21 | 113,562 | 43.79 | 19,723 | |
| Tasmania | 154,553 | 144,880 | 55,561 | 42.55 | 75,018 | 57.45 | 14,301 | |
| Armed forces [lower-alpha 1] | 37,021 | 19,924 | 53.81 | 15,997 | 43.21 | 986 | ||
| Total for Commonwealth | 4,739,853 | 4,453,941 | 2,116,264 | 50.57 | 2,068,171 | 49.43 | 269,506 | |
| Results | Obtained majority in three States and an overall majority of 48,093 votes.Not carried | |||||||
| State | Electoral roll | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | % | Vote | % | |||||
| New South Wales | 1,858,749 | 1,757,150 | 833,822 | 51.72 | 778,280 | 48.28 | 145,048 | |
| Victoria | 1,345,537 | 1,261,374 | 609,355 | 52.08 | 560,773 | 47.92 | 91,246 | |
| Queensland | 660,316 | 612,170 | 243,242 | 43.42 | 316,970 | 56.58 | 51,958 | |
| South Australia | 420,361 | 399,301 | 179,153 | 48.20 | 192,516 | 51.80 | 27,632 | |
| Western Australia | 300,337 | 279,066 | 142,186 | 55.74 | 112,881 | 44.26 | 23,999 | |
| Tasmania | 154,553 | 144,880 | 52,517 | 41.37 | 74,440 | 58.63 | 17,923 | |
| Armed forces [lower-alpha 1] | 37,021 | 20,445 | 55.23 | 15,239 | 41.16 | 1337 | ||
| Total for Commonwealth | 4,739,853 | 4,453,941 | 2,060,275 | 50.30 | 2,035,860 | 49.70 | 357,806 | |
| Results | Obtained majority in three States and an overall majority of 24,415 votes.Not carried | |||||||
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