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1919 Quebec prohibition referendum

Canadian provincial referendum on the legalization of alcohol

Summary

Canadian provincial referendum on the legalization of alcohol

Field	Value
name	Quebec Alcohol Prohibition Referendum, 1919
date
location	Quebec, Canada
country	Quebec
voting_system	Simple majority
title	Is it your opinion that the sale of light beer, cider and wines, as defined by law, should be allowed?
yes	178112
no	48433

The Quebec referendum on the prohibition of alcohol, held on April 10, 1919, considered the legalization of the sale of beer, cider and wine in the province of Quebec, Canada. The 'yes' side won with 78.62% of the votes.

The question asked

In English	In French
last1= Cormier	first1= Yannick	date= 2019	title= Prohibition ou tempérance : Le référendum du 10 avril 1919	trans-title= Prohibition or temperance: the referendum of 10 April 1919	language= French	url= https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cd/2019-n137-cd04596/90737ac.pdf	journal= Cap-aux-Diamants	volume= 137	pages= 12–17}} at 14
Êtes-vous d'opinion que la vente des bières, cidres et vins légers, tels que définis par la loi, devrait être permise?

The results of the vote

178,112 persons (78.62%) voted in favour of the proposal, while 48,433 (21.38%) voted against; proposal was therefore passed with a majority of 129,679 votes. The analysis of the vote by riding reveals that all voted in favour except for seven: Pontiac, Compton, Dorchester, Huntingdon, Brome, Stanstead and Richmond.

The result of the vote was that the subsequent prohibition law which became effective on May 1, 1919 only applied to spirits. The victory of the "moderate" prohibitionists over the "radicals" did not have immediate repercussion on the legal sale of alcohol for in 1919, 90% of Quebec municipalities were prohibiting its sale locally. Indeed, Trois-Rivières, Lévis, Lachine, Sainte-Agathe, Louiseville, Sainte-Rose and Terrebonne had voted for local prohibition in 1915, while Quebec City had done the same on October 4, 1917. All these regulations had to be rescinded, one municipality at a time.

Prohibition was finally abolished on May 1, 1921 when the Alcoholic Beverages Act creating the Commission des liqueurs du Québec entered into force.

References

[http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/21367.html Tenue d'un référendum sur la prohibition au Québec]
(2019). "Prohibition ou tempérance : Le référendum du 10 avril 1919". Cap-aux-Diamants.
"Referendum on the sale of light beer, cider, and wine".
[http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/21351.html Tenue d'un vote sur la prohibition de l'alcool dans plusieurs villes québécoises]
[http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/21366.html Tenue d'un référendum sur la prohibition dans la ville de Québec]
[http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=2497,3090507&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Ville de Montréal - Centre d’histoire de Montréal - Alcool]

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