 Hunter died shortly thereafter, and his Family Compact allies led by John McGill, the Inspector General, and Thomas Scott, then Attorney General for Upper Canada, successfully installed Alexander Grant as Hunter's successor.When the House reassembled a year later, Weekes had organized his committee on the state of the province.This committee investigated and condemned the administration of the land-granting department, and ""championed the cause of those United Empire Loyalists and military claimants who found it difficult to get justice in the allotment of lands.""