Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - He mema a Smallwood o te Tumuaki o Ottawa i te tau 1947 i whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ai mō ngā Tikanga o te Kotahitanga ki Kanata. I waihangahia e ia tetahi atu niupepa, "Ko te Kaunihera", hei whakatairanga i te Kaunihera. Ko ngā pōtitanga o te tau 1948
I hua ai te whakaaetanga o te Rōpū, ā, i te tau 1949, hei kaiārahi o te Rōpū Liberal, ka pōtitia a Smallwood hei Pirimia o te kawanatanga hou.