1916 Australian conscription referendum

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1916_Australian_conscription_referendum
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:category gptkb:Conscription_referendums
1916 in Australia
1916 referendums
World War I referendums
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:date 28 October 1916
gptkbp:effect formation of the Nationalist Party of Australia
split in the Australian Labor Party
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1916 Australian conscription referendum
gptkbp:location gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:marginOfVictory 72,476 votes
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Australian_Labor_Party
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Billy_Hughes
gptkbp:purpose to decide whether conscription for military service overseas should be introduced
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:1917_Australian_conscription_referendum
gptkbp:result rejected
gptkbp:stateElectorate Australian voters
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Nationalist_Party_of_Australia
gptkbp:topic gptkb:World_War_I
conscription
gptkbp:voterTurnout 82.47%
gptkbp:votingSystem 1,087,557
1,160,033
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Conscription_debate_in_Australia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7