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It explains local option and partial prohibition, including the referendum results that led to an amendment limiting prohibition to spirits and high-alcohol wines. 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Much the sameforces have been at work as in the UnitedStates and for a number of years the temper-ance movement in both countries ran alongparallel lines.  \nAll of the Canadian provinces have adoptedsome form of“state-wide”prohibition.Since1921 all of them except Nova Scotia andPrince Edward Island have discarded prohibi-tion for government control and regulation.We propose to publish brief accounts of liquorcontrol in each of the Canadian provincesThis publication,the first of the series,dealsexclusively with liquor control in Quebec.  \nDuring the summer the Association sent atrained investigator to the Province of Quebecto collect first-hand data of the workings ofliquor control in that province.Our investi-gator spent approximately two months in thefield,consulting with offcials of the com-mission,visiting liquor stores,hotels,clubsand taverns where liquor is sold,conferringwith hospital offcials,responsible businessmen and prohibitionists,to make sure that noimportant sources of information would beneglected.The material collected by this in-vestigator and supplemented by his personalimpressions enables us to present what webelieve to be a fairly adequate picture of thesystem in effect in Quebec,the problems ofadministration encountered and the results sofar achieved.  \n## LOCAL OPTION AND PARTIAL PROHIBITION\n\nQuebec,within a comparatively shortperiod of time,has shown a remarkablechange in public opinion regarding the liquorproblem.Beginning in 1864 with the DunkinAct,local option made steady headway untilby 1919 four-fifths of the municipalities and50 per cent of the population had by localoption excluded the sale of liquor from theirborders.Quebec was the only province inCanada which never adopted war-time pro-hibition.Following the wave of war-timesentiment,however,a law providing forbone-dry prohibition within the Province ofQuebec was passed in February,1918,to takeeffect in May,1919.  \nAt this point there was a turn in the tideof public sentiment.Before the date set forthe bone-dry prohibition law to take effect,a referendum was submitted to the people onthe question:\"Is it your opinion that the saleof light beer,cider and wines as defined bylaw should be allowed?\"The affirmativevotes on this question were 178,112;thenegative votes were 48,413.Although four-fifths of the election districts were dry by localoption,76 out of a total of 86 carried over-whelming majorities in favor of light winesand beer.As a result of the referendum,theprohibition law was amended so as to pro-hibit only the sale of spirits and wines ofhigh alcoholic content.Wine with an alco-holic content of 6.9 per cent or less and beerwith an alcoholic strength of 2.5 per cent orless could be legally made and sold.The lawprovided that spirits could only be sold ondoctors'  prescriptions through licensedvendors.The Province of Quebec,therefore,on May 1,","cbCaiuPgMhe8ksu5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuPgMhe8ksu5","pdf",1340502,26,"English","# Introductory\n# Local Option and Partial Prohibition\n# Liquor Control Adopted in 1921","[{\"question\":\"What factors shaped Quebec’s early liquor policy changes?\",\"answer\":\"Quebec’s approach was influenced by the long history of temperance legislation and similar forces to those in the United States, with evolving public sentiment over time.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the 1918 referendum affect prohibition in Quebec?\",\"answer\":\"Citizens voted on whether light beer, cider, and defined wines should be allowed. 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