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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

2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum
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

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]

Questions edit

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 edit

Weeknight trading edit

Region^[1]^[2]	On rolls	Ballots issued	Yes Y	%	No N	%	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 edit

Region^[1]^[2]	On rolls	Ballots issued	Yes Y	%	No N	%	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

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2005 Retail Trading Hours Referendum". elections.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Green, Anthony (2006). FinalResultsBook.doc (PDF). Western Australian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 1920886664. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

External links edit

2005 Retail Trading Hours Referendum report

[:0-1] "2005 Retail Trading Hours Referendum". elections.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

[:1-2] Green, Anthony (2006). FinalResultsBook.doc (PDF). Western Australian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 1920886664. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

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