1999 Australian republic referendum

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The 1999 Australian republic referendum was a national vote on whether Australia should replace the monarchy with a republic by establishing a president appointed by Parliament, which was ultimately rejected by voters.

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1999 Australian republic referendum canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional referendum ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
administeredBy Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
campaignIssue method of selecting the president ⓘ
powers of the proposed president ⓘ
role of the states in a republic ⓘ
compulsoryVoting true ⓘ
constitutionalRequirement double majority ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
date 1999-11-06 ⓘ
doubleMajorityAchieved false ⓘ
electorate Australian citizens enrolled to vote ⓘ
Australian voters ⓘ
followedBy continuing debate on Australian republicanism ⓘ
governingDocumentToAmend Constitution of Australia ⓘ
governorGeneralAtTime Sir William Deane ⓘ
hasEffect no change to the Australian Constitution regarding the head of state ⓘ
headOfStateModel parliamentary‑appointed president ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBasis Constitution Alteration (Establishment of Republic) 1999 ⓘ
location Australia ⓘ
monarchAtTime Elizabeth II ⓘ
monarchyRetained true ⓘ
notableOpponent Australians for Constitutional Monarchy ⓘ
noVoteNational approximately 54.87% ⓘ
oppositionArgument model did not allow direct election of the president ⓘ
outcome Australia remained a constitutional monarchy ⓘ
partOf Australian constitutional history ⓘ
Australian republicanism ⓘ
primeMinisterAtTime John Howard ⓘ
proposal Replace the Queen and Governor-General with a President appointed by Parliament ⓘ
proposalType establish an Australian republic ⓘ
question Whether Australia should become a republic with a president appointed by a two‑thirds majority of the Parliament ⓘ
requiredMajority majority of states ⓘ
national majority of voters ⓘ
result rejected ⓘ
statesVotingNo New South Wales ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
statesVotingYes Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
supporters Australian Republican Movement ⓘ
votingEligibility Australian citizens aged 18 and over ⓘ
votingSystem national referendum ⓘ
year 1999 ⓘ
yesVoteNational approximately 45.13% ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen of Australia → referendumRelated → 1999 Australian republic referendum ⓘ
Australian constitutional monarchy → referendumOnBecomingRepublic → 1999 Australian republic referendum ⓘ