Scott Act

[< Sir Richard William Scott, 1825-1913, prominent lawyer and legislator]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Quotations

1883

The Scott Act, in the lower provinces especially, and we believe also in Ontario, has proved a perfect farce.

1958

He was father of . . . the Canada Temperance Act of 1878, sometimes known as the Scott Act.