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This Day in History, 1925: B.C. bars reopen after eight dry years

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Eighteen beer parlours were opened in Vancouver on March 21, 1925 .

B.C. had adopted Prohibition on Oct. 1, 1917 , after a public referendum.

But it was rejected by voters in another referendum in 1920 , and it was repealed on June 15, 1921 .

Prohibition was initially defeated in the 1916-17 referendum.

But the result was overturned when the vote by B.C. soldiers fighting in Europe was tallied and added in March, 1917 .

Over half the soldier vote was thrown out, and Prohibition was declared.

“There were some dodgy things about that referendum in 1917 ,” said Campbell .

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