National Plebiscite on Conscription

Results of the 1942 National Plebiscite on Conscription. The Plebiscite Question:

Are you in favour of releasing the Government from any obligations arising out of any past commitments restricting the methods of raising men for military service?

The plebiscite was held on April 27, 1942 (see also: Conscription Crisis of 1944)

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Referenda in Canada From open-encyclopedia.com - the free encyclopedia. National referenda are seldom used in Canada, and have tended to be disasters. The first two saw voters in Québec and the rest of Canada take dramatically opposing stands, the third saw most of the voters take a stand dramatically opposed to that of the politicians in power. Contents 1 National Referendum on Prohibition 2 National Plebiscite on Conscription 3 National Referendum on the Charlottetown Accord 4 Proposed Referenda 5 Provincial Referenda National Referendum on Prohibition Results of the National Referendum on Prohibition (September 29, 1898) Province For Prohibition Percent For Against Prohibition Percent Against Ontario 154,498 57.3 115,284 42.7 Quebec 28,436 18.8 122,760 81.2 Nova Scotia 34,368 87.2 5,370 12.8 New Brunswick 26,919 72.2 9,575 27.7 P. E. I. 9,461 89.2 1,146 10.8 Manitoba 12,419 80.6 2,978 19.4 British Columbia 5,731 54.6 4,756 45.4 Saskatchewan and Alberta 6,238 68.8 2,824 31.2 All of Canada 278,380 51.2 264,693 48.8

National Referendum on the Charlottetown Accord

Proposed Referenda

During the Canadian Federal election of 2004, the NDP stated that it would require the federal government to hold a national referendum on electoral reform (specifically Proportional Representation) for support from the NDP should the Liberals win a minority government. The Liberals won a minority, and the NDP announced they would press for electoral reform through a referendum (the two other parties in the House of Commons, the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois, have historically supported electoral reform and are expected to support NDP legislation on a national referendum). The possibility of a national referendum on electoral reform was made more likely through the throne speech that opened Parliament in October, 2004,in which Prime Minister Paul Martin included electoral reform in his plan for the next Parliament.

Provincial Referenda

The provinces of Canada have held a variety of referenda on various issues over the years. The best known are the two Quebec referenda on sovereignty.

• 1980 Quebec referendum
• 1995 Quebec referendum

Recently, in 2004, Nova Scotia held a referendum on whether to allow "Sunday shopping" and British Columbia will hold a referedum on electoral reform in 2005.

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