Wisconsin Daylight Savings Time Referendum, Question 1 (April 1947)

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The Wisconsin Daylight Savings Time Referendum was a Wisconsin referendum / advisory question on the April 1, 1947 ballot in Wisconsin, where it was defeated.

• This referendum sought the people's opinion on the legislature authorizing daylight savings time.

Election results

Question 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		379,740	54.81%
Yes		313,091	45.19%

Official results via: The Wisconsin Blue Book 1948

Text of measure

The language that appeared on the ballot:

"Shall the legislature authorize daylight savings time during the period beginning the last Sunday of April and ending the last Sunday of September in eah year?"

Path to the ballot

• Legislative Approval: SJR 24 & JR 4 (1947)

See also

Suggest a link

• 1947 ballot measures
• Wisconsin 1947 ballot measures
• List of Wisconsin ballot measures

External links

• The Wisconsin Blue Book 1948
• "Facsimile Ballot Notice of Judicial and Referendum Election: April 1, 1947," The Milwaukee Journal, March 31, 1947