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1919 Ontario prohibition referendum

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509: 539: 30: 527: 732: 329:, though a clause required a referendum to be held in 1919 on whether the Act should be repealed and the previous licensing laws subsequently revived. A subsequent Act in 1919 provided three further questions for consideration, and subsequent implementation on approval. A majority voted against all four questions, and prohibition was maintained. 354:
Are you in favour of the sale of light beer containing not more than two and fifty-one hundredths per cent alcohol weight measure in standard hotels in local municipalities that by a majority vote favour such sale and amendments to the Ontario Temperance Act to permit such
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containing not more than two and fifty-one hundredths per cent alcohol weight measure through Government agencies and amendments to the Ontario Temperance Act to permit such sale?
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A 1919 newspaper advertisement by the Ontario Referendum Committee in support of the Ontario Temperance Act
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A 1919 advertisement by the Citizens' Liberty League in its campaign to repeal Prohibition in Ontario
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Unlike past prohibition referendums, the four questions were binding upon receiving a majority vote.
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through Government agencies and amendments to the Ontario Temperance Act to permit such sale?
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As the majority voted no on all four questions, prohibition was not repealed.
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was held in Ontario, Canada on October 20, 1919 (in conjunction with the
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1919 Ontario referendum ballot, with suggested answers, as shown in
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Are you in favour of the repeal of the Ontario Temperance Act?
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referendum
15th provincial election
prohibition
passed by the provincial government in 1916
Ontario Temperance Act
light beer
spirituous
malt liquors
1919 Ontario referendum ballot, with suggested answers, as shown in The Acton Free Press (October 16, 1919)
The Acton Free Press
A 1919 newspaper advertisement by the Ontario Referendum Committee in support of the Ontario Temperance Act
A 1919 advertisement by the Citizens' Liberty League in its campaign to repeal Prohibition in Ontario
Prohibition in Canada
Canada Temperance Act
1894 Ontario prohibition plebiscite
1902 Ontario prohibition referendum
1921 Ontario prohibition referendum
1924 Ontario prohibition referendum
The Ontario Temperance Act
The Temperance Referendum Act, 1919


Johnston & Sage 2007
Johnston & Sage 2007


Johnston & Sage 2007
"Referendums in Ontario: An Historical Summary"
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
the original

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