1915 Alberta liquor plebiscite
The 1915 Alberta liquor plebiscite was held on July 21, 1915, to ask Albertans to vote on ratifying the new liquor act. The vote was the first province wide referendum held under the Direct Plebiscite Act. It would be the first of three province wide plebiscites related to liquor in Alberta.
Aftermath
The province voted by a large majority in favor of the new liquor act which enforced prohibition on the province effective July 1, 1916. This was the second era of prohibition in Alberta, since the first era of prohibition was lifted when Alberta was still part of the North-West Territories in 1892.[1] The results of the plebiscite were binding.
Tabulation of results
| Province wide returns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option | Votes[2] | % | |||||
| Yes | 58,295 | 61.01% | |||||
| No | 37,259 | 38.99% | |||||
| Total | 95,554 | 100% | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,649 | ||||||
| Returns by district[3] | |||||||
| District | Yes | % | No | % | Total | Yes/no | |
| Acadia | 1,660 | % | 359 | % | 2,019 | Yes | |
| Alexandra | 811 | % | 346 | % | 1,157 | Yes | |
| Athabasca | 397 | % | 512 | % | No | ||
| Beaver River | 280 | % | 743 | % | No | ||
| Bow Valley | 265 | % | 293 | % | No | ||
| Centre Calgary | % | % | Yes | ||||
| North Calgary | % | % | Yes | ||||
| South Calgary | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Camrose | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Cardston | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Claresholm | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Clearwater | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Cochrane | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Coronation | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Didsbury | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Edmonton | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Edmonton South | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Edson | % | % | No | ||||
| Gleichen | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Grouard | % | % | No | ||||
| Hand Hills | % | % | Yes | ||||
| High River | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Innisfail | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Lac Ste. Anne | % | % | No | ||||
| Lacombe | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Leduc | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Lethbridge City | % | % | No | ||||
| Little Bow | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Macleod | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Medicine Hat | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Nanton | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Okotoks | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Olds | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Peace River | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Pembina | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Pincher Creek | % | % | No | ||||
| Ponoka | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Red Deer | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Redcliff | % | % | No | ||||
| Ribstone | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Rocky Mountain | 881 | % | 1,392 | % | 2,273 | No | |
| Sedgewick | % | % | Yes | ||||
| St. Albert | % | % | No | ||||
| Stettler | % | % | Yes | ||||
| St. Paul | % | % | No | ||||
| Stony Plain | % | % | No | ||||
| Sturgeon | % | % | No | ||||
| Taber | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Vegreville | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Vermilion | % | % | Yes | ||||
| Victoria | 790 | % | 608 | % | No | ||
| Wainwright | 903 | % | 542 | % | Yes | ||
| Warner | 414 | % | 323 | % | Yes | ||
| Wetaskiwin | 943 | % | 492 | % | Yes | ||
| Whitford | 416 | % | 603 | % | No | ||
References
- ^ "Majority For Liquor Act In Neighborhood of 20,000". The Calgary Daily Herald. July 22, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ Alberta. Legislative Assembly (1915). Alberta Gazette. Vol. XI. Edmonton: Queen's Printer. pp. 609–610. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ "Tabulated Plebiscite Results". The Calgary Daily Herald (5 O'Clock ed.). November 6, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
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