Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Smallwood ya kasance memba na 1947 Ottawa Wakilin da ya tattauna Sharuɗɗan Union tare da Kanada. Ya kirkiro wata jarida, "The Confederate", don inganta Ƙungiyar. Shawarar 1948
ya haifar da amincewa da Tarayyar, kuma a 1949, a matsayin shugaban Jam'iyyar Liberal, an zabi Smallwood a matsayin firaministan sabon lardin.