Canada Yearbook - 1897

494 STATISTICAL YEAR-BOOK.
The following is a summary:—
Carried four times and still in force. .
" three "
" twice "
At present in force.
Defeated the first time and not submitted again 17
Carried the first election but defeated the second 30
Carried twice and lost twice \
Carried once and lost twice \
Carried twice and lost once 2
Lost twice and not carried at all 1
Carried three times, rejected the fourth, carried the fifth and rejected
the sixth \
Richmond county, P.Q., is under the old Dunkin Act, but an election
was held in 1888 on petition to repeal that Act. It resulted in the
defeat of the petition.
The following statement gives the places in which the Canada Temperance
Act was in force on the 31st December, 1897:—
2
0
5
22
29
53
Nova Scotia.
New Brunswick.
Prince Edward
Island. Quebec. Manitoba.
Annapolis.
Cape Breton.
Cumberland.
Digby.
Guysborough.
Hants.
Inverness.
King's.
Pictou.
Queen's.
Shelburne.
Albert.
Carleton.
Charlotte.
Fredericton.
King's.
Northumberland.
Queen's.
Sunbury.
Westmoreland.
Yarmouth.
York.
King's.
Queen's.
Prince.
Brome.
Richmond.
Lisgar.
Marquette.
In the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia the Act isj nowhere
in force.
Manitoba
PLEBISCITES ON PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
PROVINCES.
Date.
'July 23, '1)2
P. E. Island Dec. 15, '93
Nova Scotia I Mar. 15, '94
Ontario June 19, '94
VOTES POLLED.
For.
18,637
6,118
43,756
192,497
| Against.
7,115
1,923
12,355
110,757
Majority
for.
11,522
4,195
31,401
81,740
Number of
Voters
on Dominion
Electoral
Lists.
f(Year'91)l
\ 46,669 f
((Year'91) I
1 24,065 /
((Year'95) I
I 111,124 /"
f (Year'95) 1
t 650,021 /
Proportion
of Votes
Polled
to Number of
Voters on
Lists.
55 18
33 41
50'49
46-65