AFTER TEN YEARS
ONTARIO VOTES “WET” AGAIN STATE SALES OF LIQUOR FAVOURED CONSERVATIVES ELECTED By Telegraph. —Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 2, 9.50 p.m.) OTTAWA, December 1. In the general elections for the Ontario Provincial Legislature tbe Premier’s (Mr Mr G. H. Ferguson’s) Conservative Government, with a policy of sale of liquor under a Government commission, as opposed to the present prohibitory Temperance Act, swept the province. With 110 .elected out of a Legislature of 112 members the slate of parties is:— Conservatives ....i 75 Liberals 14 Progressives II Labour and others 10 There are 80 various political affiliations pledged to Mr Ferguson’s policy. Since 1916 the Ontario Temperance Act has governed the sale of liquor, which is only permitted by medical prescription. Liquor is now sold by the Government in live provinces of Canada— British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12620, 3 December 1926, Page 8
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147AFTER TEN YEARS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12620, 3 December 1926, Page 8
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