[4] Following the war, a varied career saw him become a teacher in England, a farmer in Transvaal and a rubber plantation owner in Malaya.

Donald & Co.[5] Initially settling in Rakahanga, he later moved to Mauke,[3] where he married a local woman named Kopu.

Leader of Government Business Dick Charles Brown appointed Dashwood as the Member for Broadcasting, Health, Justice, Police, Prisons and Social Development.

[9] Dashwood subsequently joined Henry's Cook Islands Party, and was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 1965 elections.

[7] However, he resigned from the cabinet in May 1966,[13] and the following month was convicted of corruptly attempting to obtain a bribe whilst a Minister of the Crown.