Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Smallwood ya kasance memba ne na wakilan Ottawa na 1947 wanda ya tattauna Sharuɗɗan Union tare da Kanada. Ya kirkiro wata jarida, "The Confederate", don inganta Ƙungiyar. Ƙungiyar
Shawarar 1948 ta haifar da amincewa da Tarayyar, kuma a 1949, a matsayin shugaban Jam'iyyar Liberal, an zabi Smallwood a matsayin firaministan sabon lardin.