2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum


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.

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?
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?

Results

Weeknight trading

Sunday trading

RegionOn rollsBallots issuedYes %No %Informal
North Metropolitan388,999351,548135,59439.62%206,613align="middle" 9,341
South Metropolitan271,044243,93896,83140.92%139,792align="middle" 7,315
East Metropolitan273,378249,15289,40336.85%153,178align="middle" 6,571
Agricultural95,04185,59623,27028.05%59,687align="middle" 2,639
South West162,560147,59353,15337.34%89,212align="middle" 5,228
Mining and Pastoral68,24051,23724,691align="middle" 23,99649.29%2,550
Total for State1,259,2621,129,064422,94238.61%672,478noWrap align="middle" 33,644