 Greenfield 's political stock fell during the course of his time as Premier . His arrival was heralded with great expectations of economic and political reform . After the 1921 federal election , Progressive Party of Canada leader Thomas Crerar was considering a merger of his party with the Liberal Party of Canada and asked Greenfield to join him as Alberta 's representative in the federal cabinet upon completion of this merger . This initially lofty stature was reduced by incident after incident : his reliance on Brownlee in the legislature and elsewhere , his failure to deliver on the promised economic relief , and his alienation of the radical wing of his own party . By 1924 , many of Greenfield 's own backbenchers had had enough and hatched a plan to force Greenfield 's resignation and replace him with Brownlee , who was perceived as more likely to lead the UFA to victory in the impending election . This group — which included George Johnston , George MacLachlan , William Shield , Donald Cameron , Oran McPherson , and Austin Claypool — contacted Brownlee to alert him to their intentions and were taken aback when the Attorney @-@ General told them that if Greenfield resigned , so would he . 
