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In 1920, eight of the nine provinces of Canada decided to continue prohibition after the war. The Canadian liquor plebiscite addressed this postwar prohibition. [1] The plebiscite was set up to pose the question of banning liquor importation to provinces where prohibition had been enforced, but liquor could be ordered and imported by mail order.
A police raid confiscating illegal alcoholic beverages, in Elk Lake, Ontario, in 1925.. Prohibition in Canada was a ban on alcoholic beverages that arose in various stages, from local municipal bans in the late 19th century (extending to the present in some cases), to provincial bans in the early 20th century, and national prohibition (a temporary wartime measure) from 1918 to 1920.
This referendum would also have required approval by 60% of those voting. The second referendum was held on May 12, 2009, in conjunction with the provincial election. The results were a "supermajority" of 60.92% voting for retaining the current "first past the post" electoral system and 39.8% voting for the proposed Single Transferable Vote.
This article provides a summary of results for Canadian general elections (where all seats are contested) to the House of Commons, the elected lower half of Canada's federal bicameral legislative body, the Parliament of Canada. The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 180 for the first election to the current total of 338.
1919 Quebec prohibition referendum; 1920 Canadian liquor plebiscite This page was last edited on 13 March 2013, at 02:26 (UTC). Text is ...
The manufacture and the export of liquor was made legal. [13] In 1921, another referendum showed a slight slip in support for prohibition, but the province now became "bone dry" by banning the importation of alcohol. [12] Another referendum two years later showed a greater slip in support for the Act, with 51.5 percent for and 48.5 against. [14]
Under current law, customers dining on Sundays have to wait until 2 p.m. to order liquor-by-the-drink. In Logan County, three proposals on the ballot would extend the current sales tax for another ...
The Act was the subject of several constitutional challenges, many of which were of major importance in developing the jurisprudence underlying Canadian federalism: Severn v The Queen [ 14 ] (holding that an Ontario Act requiring the licensing of liquor wholesalers and manufacturers was unconstitutional for infringing on the federal ...