It was triggered by an affirmative vote in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and based on the presentation of a 56,000-name petition in accordance with the requirements of the Direct Legislation Act (1913), a citizens referendum law or initiative law, which was in force at the time.

Prohibition was defeated by nearly 58 percent (58%) of the vote and was replaced by the government sale of liquor and strictly-regulated taverns.

[3] In the event, one option, government sale of liquor and private taverns selling beer, won on the first count and so no following preferences had to be considered.

[6] Point six encouraged the crackdown and banning of liquor distilling in Alberta and its exportation outside the province.

The committee believed that the current legislation was the means to the end and allowed for efforts to be sustained until total prohibition was achieved.