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(July 10, 1920 referendum) — The first provincial vote on whether to retain prohibition took place in New Brunswick, where voters approved the bar against importation of liquor by a majority of 20,000 votes. In another ballot question, the ban against the sale of light wine and against beer was approved a majority of 15,000. [9]
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.
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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.
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1920 British Columbia general election; 1920 Canadian liquor plebiscite; 1920 Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election; 1920 Edmonton municipal election; 1920 Manitoba general election; 1920 New Brunswick general election; 1920 Nova Scotia general election; 1920 Toronto municipal election; 1920 Yukon general election
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 ...
In 1920 alone, Ontario doctors wrote more than 650,000 prescriptions for alcohol. [11] Federal prohibition was repealed at the end of 1919. That year, a province-wide referendum saw support of the Ontario ban on sales by a majority of 400,000 votes. [12] The manufacture and the export of liquor was made legal. [13]