2016 Queensland term length referendum

Fixed four-year terms

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19)
A Bill for an Act to provide for fixed four-year terms for the Legislative Assembly in Queensland
Results
Choice Votes % Yes (69 electorates) 1,302,398 52.96% No (20 electorates) 1,157,043 47.04% Valid votes 2,459,441 97.05% Invalid or blank votes 74,728 2.95% Total votes 2,534,169 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 3,083,593 82.18%
Results by electoral district
Source: Electoral Commission of Queensland

The 2016 Queensland fixed four-year terms referendum was a one-question referendum held in the Australian state of Queensland on 19 March 2016, in conjunction with the state's local government elections. Electors were asked if they approved of a bill to amend the Constitution of Queensland 2001 and the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1934 to legislate for fixed-term elections for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, to be held in the last week of October every four years. The referendum was conducted by the Electoral Commission Queensland (ECQ).

The referendum was successful, with just under 53 per cent of electors voting "Yes". It is the third successful Queensland referendum, after the constitutional referendum on Federation in 1899, and the 1910 referendum on religious education in schools.^[1] The referendum is also the most recent to be conducted at the state-level by any state in Australia.