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1919 Ontario prohibition referendum

Ontario, Canada referendum

Field	Value
date	October 20, 1919
country	Canada
flag_year	1907
barwidth	250px
part1_subject	Repeal of Ontario Temperance Act
part1_choice1	Yes
part1_percentage1	32.4
part1_choice2	No
part1_percentage2	67.6
part2_subject	Sale of light beer through government agencies
part2_choice1	Yes
part2_percentage1	35.2
part2_choice2	No
part2_percentage2	64.8
part3_subject	Sale of light beer at hotels
part3_choice1	Yes
part3_percentage1	33.8
part3_choice2	No
part3_percentage2	66.2
part4_subject	Sale of liquor through government agencies
part4_choice1	Yes
part4_percentage1	39.3
part4_choice2	No
part4_percentage2	60.7

A referendum was held in Ontario, Canada on October 20, 1919 (in conjunction with the 15th provincial election) on the legality of alcoholic beverages and the maintaining of prohibition. Prohibition had been passed by the provincial government in 1916 under the Ontario Temperance Act, though a clause required a referendum to be held in 1919 on whether the Act should be repealed and the previous licensing laws subsequently revived.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.

Referendum questions

#*Are you in favour of the repeal of the Ontario Temperance Act?* #*Are you in favour of the sale of light beer 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?* #*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 sale?* #*Are you in favour of the sale of spirituous and malt liquors through Government agencies and amendments to the Ontario Temperance Act to permit such sale?*

Unlike past prohibition referendums, the four questions were binding upon receiving a majority vote.

Results

Question	Total votes	Yes	No	Votes
1	1,141,595	369,434	32.4	772,161
2	1,142,900	401,893	35.2	741,007
3	1,142,613	386,680	33.8	755,933
4	1,142,894	449,370	39.3	693,524

As the majority voted no on all four questions, prohibition was not repealed.

Gallery

File:1919 Ontario referendum ballot.png|1919 Ontario referendum ballot, with suggested answers, as shown in The Acton Free Press (October 16, 1919) File:ORC advertisement 1919.png|A 1919 newspaper advertisement by the Ontario Referendum Committee in support of the Ontario Temperance Act File:CLL antiprohibition ad 1919.png|A 1919 advertisement by the Citizens' Liberty League in its campaign to repeal Prohibition in Ontario

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References

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