[1] In this period of Canadian history, newly appointed cabinet ministers were required to resign their seats and seek the renewed support of their electorate.
He proved an effective campaigner and was elected for Winnipeg, which returned ten members through the single transferable ballot voting method.
He began an extensive revision project of the province's magisterial system in 1930, and was finally able to present his finished report to the legislature in 1940.
In 1929, Major and fellow cabinet minister William Clubb became caught up in a conflict-of-interest controversy involving the Winnipeg Electric Company (WEC).
[1] Major emerged as a prominent Liberal-Progressive campaigner in the 1936 election, stressing the Bracken administration's record of fiscal prudence and successful management.
On November 4, 1940, Bracken's Liberal-Progressives entered a four-party coalition government with the Conservatives, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the Social Credit League.