His term expired .
He left Newfoundland in 1917 just as the financial situation for Newfoundland was in sharp decline , and the political consensus over which he and the prime minister , Sir Edward Morris , had presided since 1914 , was breaking down .
His term expired and he left Newfoundland in 1917 just as the financial situation for Newfoundland was in sharp decline , and the political consensus over which he and the prime minister , Sir Edward Morris , had presided since 1914 , was breaking down .