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Last revised:
23 August 2000


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
 

Province Voted Yes Voted No
Prince Edward Island 23 568 4 869
Nova Scotia 120 763 35 840
New Brunswick 105 629 45 743
Quebec 375 650 971 925
Ontario 1 202 953 229 847
Manitoba 218 093 53 651
Saskatchewan 183 617 67 654
Alberta 186 624 75 880
British Columbia 253 844 62 033
Yukon 847 291
Total civilian vote 2 670 088 1 547 724
Military vote 251 118 60 885
Total 2 921 206 1 608 609

Source: Le Devoir, May 6, 1942

Note: All of the Electoral districts of the provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and British Columbia provided majorities for the Yes.

Three ridings of New Brunswick (Gloucester, Kent, and Restigouche-Madawaska), all from the Acadian part of the province, two ridings of French Eastern Ontario (Russell and Prescott), and the western ridings of Provencher (Manitoba) and Vegreville (Alberta), both with very substantial French populations, voted for the No side.

Fifty-six ridings of Quebec, all of them with substantial French population, voted for the No side. Nine ridings with substantial anglophone population voted Yes.

© 1998 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College