Vote No!
![Text of the question asked in the 1898 referendum and an invitation to place your X under the No.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/histoires-de-frontiere_border-stories/wp-content/uploads/sites/157/2022/07/3_Bulletin-de-vote.jpg)
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The text of the question written in French, asked in the 1898 referendum reads as follows: Are you in favour of passing a law prohibiting the importation, manufacture or sale of spirits, wine, beer, ale, cider and all other alcoholic liquors as beverages? Yes or No.
You’re invited to put your X under No.