[3] Under Premier Brian Tobin, Grimes was by now a senior Minister and served in the portfolios of Education, Mines and Energy, and Health and Community Servies.

As Grimes was dealing with this issue, and others facing the province, time was soon running out on his tenure[citation needed].

[10] On May 30, 2005, Grimes resigned the seat he had held in the legislature for 16 years and stepped down as the leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.

[13][14] Grimes was critical of the Lower Churchill Project and fellow Liberal Premier Dwight Ball.

[15] In June 2016, he was banned from the Capital Hyundai Arena after he made negative comments about the former Chair of Nalcor's Board of Directors, Ken Marshall (who had been involved in a scandal regarding payments from the provincial government).