He did not seek re-election in 1930. He attempted a return to the House of Commons in the 1935 federal election, but was unsuccessful in taking the Calgary East seat. He ran for the "Independent Movement" (an anti-Social Credit fusion of Liberals and Progressive Conservatives) in the 1940 provincial election in Calgary where Single Transferable Voting was in use. He came in sixth in the First Count (Calgary had five open seats in this election) and did not receive enough vote transfers to achieve the quota required to win a seat. He again failed to win a seat.