1903 New South Wales referendum

1903 New South Wales referendum
Legislative Council abolition	Vote %
Maintain at 125	22.3%
Reduce to 100	4.7%
Reduce to 90	72.9%

A referendum concerning the reduction of the members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was put to voters on 16 December 1904, in conjunction with the 1903 federal election. The referendum was conducted on the basis of optional preferential voting. Preferences were not counted howevever as an whelming majority voted to reduce the number of members to 90. The text of the question was:

As to what shall be the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly.

Which of the following numbers do you prefer, and what is the order of your preference?

	125 (This is the present number.)
	100
	90

Results

The referendum was overwhelmingly in favour of reducing the number of members to 90.

Result 

	Votes	%
Maintain at 125 members	63,171	22.3%
Reduce to 100 members	13,316	4.7%
Reduce to 90 members	206,273	72.9%
Total Formal	282,760	87.2%
Informal	41,484	12.8%
Total Votes	324,244

See also

• Referendums in Australia