 He served on the Advisory War Council and was a delegate to the constitutional convention in Canberra in late 1942, which included members of all major political parties.However, he was frustrated by the government's failure to offer him any formal role in developing post-war policy, which he believed was due to him given his past work.Page was reappointed Minister for Health after the Coalition won the 1949 federal election, at the age of 69.