" Opinion shifted even more in favour of the Republicans in 1917 – 18 with the Conscription Crisis, an attempt by Britain to impose conscription on Ireland to bolster its flagging war effort.

Neither won a decisive victory ; however, the Conscription Crisis tipped the balance in favour of Sinn Féin.

King had been in his political infancy when he witnessed the Conscription Crisis of 1917 during World War I and he wanted to prevent the same divisions from threatening his government.

St-Laurent supported King's decision to introduce conscription in 1944, despite the lack of support from other French Canadians ( see Conscription Crisis of 1944 ).

When he was conscripted into the Army, he decided to join the " Canadian Officers ' Training Corps ", and he then served with the other conscripts in Canada, since they were not assigned to any overseas military service until after the Conscription Crisis of 1944 ( after the Invasion of Normandy that June.

King wanted to avoid a repeat of the Conscription Crisis of 1917.

This led to a brief political crisis ( see Conscription Crisis of 1944 ) and a mutiny by conscripts posted in British Columbia, but the war ended a few months later.

It was often used for propaganda, particularly in Canada by the Unionist Party during the 1917 federal election amidst the Conscription Crisis.

During the Conscription Crisis of 1944 the prison eventually included Canadians who had refused conscription.

During the Conscription Crisis of 1944 the prison eventually included Canadians who had refused conscription.

This problem was exacerbated in the Conscription Crisis of 1917.

General Andrew McNaughton was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Defence on November 1, 1944 without having a seat in parliament after his predecessor resigned during the Conscription Crisis of 1944.

Between the Easter Rising of 1916 and the 1918 general election, Sinn Féin's popularity was increased dramatically by the execution of most of the leaders of the 1916 rebels, the party's reorganisation in 1917 and by its opposition to military conscription in Ireland ( see Conscription Crisis of 1918 ).

Eventually, Sir Wilfrid Laurier was able to lead the Liberals back to a competitive position in English Canada, but by the time of the First World War, and the Conscription Crisis of 1917, Laurier again found himself in charge of a Liberal Party limited to Quebec and a few other pockets.

Unfortunately for Redmond, implementation of the Act was suspended by the intervention of World War I, and ultimately made untenable after the Conscription Crisis of 1918.

Finally, the British proposal to extend conscription for the war to Ireland provoked widespread resistance, ( see Conscription Crisis of 1918 ) and discredited the Irish Parliamentary Party who had supported the British war effort.

As premier, Stewart tried to hold together his Liberal Party, which was divided by the Conscription Crisis of 1917.

Canada was providing troops and supplies, and Cavendish, shortly after his installation, and on the advice of Borden, introduced conscription, a decision that was particularly divisive between French and English Canadians and sparked the Conscription Crisis of 1917.

* Conscription Crisis of 1917

* Conscription Crisis of 1944

In 1942, he ran as a candidate of the nationalist Bloc Populaire, which opposed Canadian conscription during World War II, in a federal by-election ( see Second Conscription Crisis ).

In 1919 Irish nationalists were unpopular with the Allies because of the Conscription Crisis of 1918.

This was due to the perceived failure to have Home Rule implemented when the IPP resisted the partition of Ireland demanded by Ulster Unionists in 1914, 1916 and 1917, but also popular antagonism towards the British authorities created by the execution of most of the leaders of the 1916 rebels and by their botched attempt to introduce Home Rule linked with military conscription in Ireland ( see Conscription Crisis of 1918 ).

The Conscription Crisis of 1917 ( French: Crise de la conscription de 1917 ) was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I.

* Conscription Crisis of 1918 in Ireland

It resulted in the Conscription Crisis of 1918.

The Conscription Crisis of 1918 in Ireland meant that fewer Irish recruits could be raised so that the 16th Division which returned to France on 27 July contained five English Battalions, two Scottish Battalions and one Welsh Battalion.

The violent suppression of the Easter Rising had dismayed Childers and a Westminster bill to extend military conscription to Ireland, leading to the Conscription Crisis of 1918, angered him further: he described the proposal as " insane and criminal ".

In its aftermath, and especially after the Conscription Crisis of 1918 in which the British Cabinet had planned to impose conscription in Ireland, the National Volunteers were eclipsed by the Irish Volunteers, whose membership shot up to over 100, 000 by the end of 1918.

* In the Conscription Crisis of 1918, Britain tried to impose a conscription on Ireland, leading to a conscription crisis and to increased support for Sinn Féin.

The issue now became the threat of conscription ; all interest in Home Rule dissipated when moderate Nationalists and Sinn Féin stood united during the Conscription Crisis of 1918.

The Canadian Expeditionary Force was mostly volunteers, as conscription was not enforced until the end of the war when call-ups began in January 1918 ( see Conscription Crisis of 1917 ).

An infuriated public turned against Britain during the Conscription Crisis of 1918.

He opposed the threat of compulsory military service during the Conscription Crisis of 1918, though as a member of the Irish Recruiting Council he continued to support voluntary recruitment, encountering intense opposition led by Sinn Féin.

World War I created a further strain as most Quebecers were unenthusiastic about Canadian involvement in what they saw as a foreign, and particularly British, conflict, while Borden's English supporters were adamant that Canada must support the war effort and enact a policy of conscription ( see Conscription Crisis of 1917 ).

Conservative fortunes were further hurt by the Conscription Crisis of 1917 when the federal Conservative government of Sir Robert Borden invoked conscription against the opposition of Quebec.

Conscription fails to prevent war, foments further warlike preparation by our opponents, and denies fundamental freedoms of the individual necessary to democracy.

Hollywood reflected the interest of the American public in Conscription in the United States by having nearly every film studio bring out a military film comedy in 1941 with their resident comedian ( s ).

The No Conscription League changed its focus from public meetings to disseminating pamphlets after police started disrupting the group's public events in search of young men who had not registered for the draft.

Sutherland ran for public office in the 1917 federal election held as a result of the Conscription Crisis of 1917 as a Laurier Liberal, but was defeated in the riding of Oxford North.

One critical issue in this split was free trade-farmers were particularly hostile to Tory tariff policy and free trade was a key issue in the creation of the Progressives while the Conscription Crisis destroyed any remaining Conservative base in Quebec for generations leaving the Tories with even less support than they had before the Union government.

Borden then called an election for December 1917 on the issue of conscription ( see also Conscription Crisis of 1917 ), running as head of the " Unionist Party " composed of Borden's Conservatives, independent MPs, and members of the Liberals who left Laurier's caucus to support conscription.

In this wartime election, Godbout's support for Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in the Conscription Crisis of 1944 may have contributed to his defeat.

Dr. Leduc was the only French Canadian member of Parliament to support Mackenzie King's Conscription bill during World War II, a stance which was highly unpopular but which reflected his deep belief in the Canadian federalist system.