Alberta voters narrowly reject permanent Daylight Savings, favour equalization removal
It was a narrow margin, but Alberta voters have voted against the idea of permanently staying on Daylight Saving Time.
The official results for the referendum questions and Senate Nominee elections were released Tuesday morning, with results showing 536,874 votes for “No” to the question of adopting year-round Daylight Saving Time and 531,782 votes for “Yes”.
That equates to 50.2% of voters against permanent Daylight Time and 49.8% in favour of it.
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