2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum was held in Western Australia on 20 February 2005. The referendum failed, with a majority voting against both extended weeknight retail trading and Sunday retail trading.[1]
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
26 February 2005
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Do you believe that the Western Australian community would benefit if trading hours in the Perth Metropolitan Area were extended to allow general retail shops to trade until 9 pm Monday to Friday? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | 2005 Retail Trading Hours Referendum | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Do you believe that the Western Australian community would benefit if trading hours in the Perth Metropolitan Area were extended to allow general retail shops to trade for 6 hours on Sunday? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results by division | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Questions
Question 1 Do you believe that the Western Australian community would benefit if trading hours in the Perth Metropolitan Area were extended to allow general retail shops to trade until 9 pm Monday to Friday?[1]
Question 2 Do you believe that the Western Australian community would benefit if trading hours in the Perth Metropolitan Area were extended to allow general retail shops to trade for 6 hours on Sunday?[1]
Results
Weeknight trading
| Region[1][2] | On rolls | Ballots issued | Yes  |
% | No  |
% | Informal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Metropolitan | 388,999 | 351,520 | 150,386 | 43.55% | 194,950 | 56.45% | 6,184 |
| South Metropolitan | 271,044 | 243,937 | 104,328 | 40.69% | 134,673 | 59.31% | 4,936 |
| East Metropolitan | 273,378 | 249,158 | 99,577 | 44.81% | 145,120 | 55.19% | 4,461 |
| Agricultural | 95,041 | 85,592 | 24,809 | 29.62% | 58,950 | 70.38% | 1,833 |
| South West | 162,560 | 147,667 | 53,372 | 37.06% | 90,635 | 62.94% | 3,660 |
| Mining and Pastoral | 68,240 | 51,237 | 24,711 | 50.18% | 24,532 | 49.82% | 1,994 |
| Total for State | 1,259,262 | 1,129,111 | 457,183 | 41.34% | 648,860 | 58.66% | 23,068 |
Sunday trading
| Region[1][2] | On rolls | Ballots issued | Yes |
% | No |
% | Informal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Metropolitan | 388,999 | 351,548 | 135,594 | 39.62% | 206,613 | 60.38% | 9,341 |
| South Metropolitan | 271,044 | 243,938 | 96,831 | 40.92% | 139,792 | 59.08% | 7,315 |
| East Metropolitan | 273,378 | 249,152 | 89,403 | 36.85% | 153,178 | 63.15% | 6,571 |
| Agricultural | 95,041 | 85,596 | 23,270 | 28.05% | 59,687 | 71.95% | 2,639 |
| South West | 162,560 | 147,593 | 53,153 | 37.34% | 89,212 | 62.66% | 5,228 |
| Mining and Pastoral | 68,240 | 51,237 | 24,691 | 50.71% | 23,996 | 49.29% | 2,550 |
| Total for State | 1,259,262 | 1,129,064 | 422,942 | 38.61% | 672,478 | 61.39% | 33,644 |