In November 1873 he left provincial politics when he was appointed minister without portfolio by Alexander Mackenzie in the federal Cabinet he formed after Sir John A. Macdonald's government had been forced to resign due to the Pacific Scandal.
In November 1873 he left provincial politics when he was appointed minister without portfolio by Alexander Mackenzie in the federal Cabinet he formed. Sir John A. Macdonald's government had been forced to resign due to the Pacific Scandal.