However, in 1848 the Earl of Elgin, the then Governor General, appointed a Cabinet nominated by the majority party of the Legislative Assembly, the Baldwin–Lafontaine coalition that had won elections in January.
Ipak, 1848. je generalni guverner lord Elgin odobrio kabinet većinske stranke u zakonodavnoj skupštini, a to je bila koalicija Baldwin-Lafontaine koja je izbore dobila te godine u siječnju.