With the victory of Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals in the 1896 Canadian election, Cartwright returned to Cabinet but was denied the finance ministry as a means of assuring Canada's business community that the government was not going to adopt free trade.
Cartwright returned to Cabinet. This was with the victory of Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals in the 1896 Canadian election. Cartwright was denied the finance ministry as a means of assuring Canada's business community that the government was not going to adopt free trade. This was with the victory of Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals in the 1896 Canadian election.