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1981 New South Wales referendum

Constitutional Referendum

4 year terms	Pecuniary interests
Yes	69%
No	31%

The 1981 New South Wales referendum was held on 19 September 1981, the same day as the state election. The referendum contained two questions:

# Do you approve a Bill for an Act to extend the maximum period between general elections for the Legislative Assembly from 3 years to 4 years? # Do you approve a Bill for an Act to require Members of Parliament to disclose certain pecuniary interests and other matters?

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Amendments to the constitution

The primary change by the proposal to extend the maximum term was to alter section 7B of the Constitution Act 1902 to provide for a maximum term of 4 years rather than 3.

The proposal to require Members of Parliament to disclose pecuniary interests was to add section 14A to the Constitution Act 1902 which provided that

the Governor could make regulations requiring members of parliament to disclose their pecuniary interests;
the relevant house of parliament could declare a seat vacant if the member wilfully contravened any regulation; and
the regulations could only be disallowed by both houses of parliament.

Results

Both questions were approved with large majorities.

Question	Votes	%	4 year terms	Yes	No	Total Formal	Informal	Pecuniary interests	No	Yes	Total Formal	Informal	Turnout
1,951,455
874,944	30.96
2,826,399	96.53
101,528	3.47
388,791	13.99
2,391,036
2,779,827	94.94
148,100	5.06
2,927,927	91.16

References

(28 August 1981). "Writ for a referendum: extend the maximum period between elections". [[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales]].
(28 August 1981). "Writ for a referendum: disclosure of pecuniary interests". [[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales]].
"Constitution (Legislative Assembly) Amendment Act 1981 No 102".
"Constitution (disclosure by members) Amendment Act 1981 No 103".
"NSW Referendum - 19 September 1981". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
(1981). "1981 election totals".

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