The UFM unexpectedly won a majority of seats in this election, and formed government as the Progressive Party.
Muirhead served as a backbench supporter of John Bracken's government throughout his time in the legislature.
He was returned in the 1927 election, defeating Waugh[1] by thirty-four votes in a rematch from the 1922 contest.
He was defeated in the 1936 election, losing to Conservative John Lawrie[1] by eighty-two votes.
He sought a return to the legislature in the 1941 election, but lost to Lawrie[1] by forty-four votes.