“The people's will”: Canadians and the 1898 referendum on alcohol prohibition

The 1920s American alcohol prohibition is notorious but not unique. Quite a few countries went through a vigorous struggle. But it is in Canada in 1898 that the very first national referendum on prohibition in the world took place. In this article, we focus on this rare and neglected event in Canadian history, in which the government came close but finally did not impose prohibition.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Dostie, Benoit ; Dupré, Ruth
Published in:	Explorations in Economic History. - Elsevier, ISSN 0014-4983. - Vol. 49.2012, 4, p. 498-515
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Prohibition \| Temperance \| Referendum \| Alcohol \| Canada

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	N41 - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913 ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; L51 - Economics of Regulation ; K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; N31 - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913 ; D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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