# Claim 890

Montreal mayor Camillien Houde was arrested at city hall in 1940 and interned in Ontario for four years for denouncing government conscription policy.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: Montreal mayor Camillien Houde was arrested at city hall in 1940 and interned in Ontario for four years for denouncing government conscription policy.
- Field: journalist_affected
- Value: Houde arrested and interned
- About: [incident 1939-canada-defence-of-canada-regulations-censorship](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1939-canada-defence-of-canada-regulations-censorship)
- Source: War Measures Act. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-measures-act
- Publisher: The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current

## Quotation from the source

> Montreal mayor Camillien Houde was arrested at city hall in 1940. He was interned in Ontario for four years for denouncing government policies that led to conscription

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/890. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.