1916 New South Wales closing hour referendum

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1916 New South Wales referendum
Closing hour Vote %
6:00 pm 62.2%
Later times 37.8%

A referendum concerning the closing hour for licensed premises and registered clubs was put to voters on 10 June 1916. The referendum was conducted on the basis of optional preferential voting. Preferences were not counted as a majority voted for 6:00 pm closing time.

Background

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The question

The voting paper was:[1]

Order of Preference Closing hour
  Six o'clock
Seven o'clock
Eight o'clock
Nine o'clock
Ten o'clock
Eleven o'clock

Indicate your vote by placing the figure 1 in the square opposite the closing hour for which you vote in the first instance, and as your first preference.

You may, in addition, indicate in the order of your preference which of the other closing hours you prefer (in the event of the hour for which you first vote not getting a majority) by placing the figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or any of such figures, in the squares opposite the other closing hours, thereby indicating the order of your preference.

It is not necessary to vote for more than one closing hour, but the hour for which you first vote must have against it the figure 1.

The vote for any preference after the first will only be counted in the event of there not being a majority of votes in favour of any of your prior preferences.

Results

The referendum was overwhelmingly in favour of 6:00 pm closing time.

Result [2]
Question Votes  %
What should be the closing
hour of licensed premises		 6:00 pm 325,121 62.18
7:00 pm 5,068 0.97
8:00 pm 20,103 3.84
9:00 pm 168,162 32.16
10:00 pm 1,494 0.29
11:00 pm 2,933 0.56
Total formal votes 522,881 95.93
Informal votes 22,208 4.07
Turnout [3] 545,089 52.51

Aftermath

Although it was introduced as a temporary measure, the government brought in extensions and discussed putting the matter to a referendum. In 1923, however, without testing the matter by a popular vote, the Fuller Nationalist government enacted 6 pm as the closing time.[4]

This was the first of three referendums concerning the closing hour for licensed premises and clubs.[5]

Closing hour referendum results [5]
Referendum 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm
(2) 1916 Licensed premises closing hour 62.18% 0.97% 3.84% 32.16% 0.29%  0.56%
(5) 1947 Licensed premises and clubs closing hour 62.44% 1.60% 35.96%
(6) 1954 Licensed premises and clubs closing hour 49.73% 50.27%

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Estimate based on a roll of 1,037,999 at the 1913 state election: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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