Eight or 11? -- Alberta referendum questions in history -- Prohibition, socialized electricity, Daylight Savings Equalization and more

1916 not all bars had to close -- some stayed open selling low-test beer 

(and according to McClung, serving as conduits for blackmarket booze.

she wanted all bars closed but that never happened.)

I notice article says "Voters were asked whether the government should create a publicly owned utility to administer electricity province-wide or leave the system with the existing mix of municipally run and private operations." is direct quote from my addition to the Wiki article or from my Blog (there is much overlap between my blogs and my Wiki additions)

and then at end of that section the article reverts to saying the usual misinterpretation - that  private electricity was retained when in fact Edmonton and other cities had municipal power, not private. 

so choice for voters in those centres was either municipal power or provincial power -- under Premier Manning who had said he was opposed to provincial power (unlike article that implies he would happily go along with result)

and then anyways despite the vote, as private utility companies were not providing electricity to rural areas, the government supported creation of Rural Electrification Areas (REAs) (local co-ops that still exist today)

no mention that in 2021 voters did not have option to vote for no clock change and for permanent Standard Time. which I believe would have had majority support.

eight referendum questions or is it 11?

three on prohibition 1915 1920 1923

electricity -- private/public versus public  1948

one on more ALCB liquor stores province wide vote but counted only locally 1967

(also vote on mixed drinking in Edm Calgary etc. only  1967)

also egg producers question 1967

two on DLT 1957 1971

2021 two questions equalization perm. DLT

1967 was one referendum but two questions for Edmonton voters or egg producers (3 if egg producer lived in Edmonton!

2021 was one referendum but two questions for all, making a count of referendums complicated.

2026's ten questions today is a record for questions on any one referendum in Canada

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