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Outcome | Question 1 wins and Question 2 is rejected. Referendum ruled invalid by a joint select committee of the British Parliament. |
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Results
|
Votes
|
%
|
Yes
|
138,653
|
66.23%
|
No
|
70,706
|
33.77%
|
Valid votes
|
209,359
|
96.33%
|
Invalid or blank votes
|
7,967
|
3.67%
|
Total votes
|
217,326
|
100.00%
|
Registered voters/turnout
|
237,198
|
91.62%
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
40.64% |
No |
|
54.80% |
Invalid ballots |
|
4.57% |
|
|
A secession referendum was held on 8 April 1933 in the Australian state of Western Australia. It said that the state withdraw from the Australian Federation.[1] The proposal won a majority of the votes. However, the British Parliament did not allow it..
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