He left office on January 16, 1967, and was replaced by Deputy Commissioner Stuart Milton Hodgson on March 2, 1967.
Hodgson was replaced by John Havelock Parker who served as Deputy Commissioner from March 2, 1967, until dissolution.
Among the legislation was a $75 per month Old Age Pension allowance with additional living subsidies for disabled persons.
The Carrothers Commission recommended that electoral districts be established in the eastern arctic which had previously been unrepresented in council and disenfranchised from territorial voting.
Only Eastern Arctic was contested which resulted in the first elected Inuit to serve on council who won in a three-way race.