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LIQUOR CONTROL IN CANADA ONTARIO VOTED EMPHATICALLY “DRY” CANDIDATES REJECTED By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association OTTAWA. December 2. The result of the Ontario election brings nine-tenths of the area and population of Canada under the Gov. ernment sale of liquor from stores. Prohibition still reigns onlr in the small maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward’s Island. Out of a membership of 112 in the House, 80 of those elected will support Government control of liquor. These are composed of 75 straight Conservative followers of the Premier. Mr G. H. Ferguson, and five “wet” Independents. The Opposition consists of the Liberals and Progressives. Of 30 candidates who entered the battle as straight Prohibition candidates not one was elected. Mr Raney, the Libersil leader and the “dry” leader, was elected bv a narrow majority, while Mr Niekle,' the former Attorney-General, who deserted Mr Ferguson because of his liquor proposals, was badly beaten.

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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 5

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ALMOST UNIVERSAL New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 5

ALMOST UNIVERSAL New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 5

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