Fenton was appointed as Postmaster-General in the new UAP government and introduced the legislation that established the Australian Broadcasting Commission . But he soon fell out with his fellow ministers over the government 's acceptance of the Ottawa Agreement , establishing Imperial Preference , which he considered threatened the high tariff policy . In October 1932 he resigned , after voting against the bill that ratified the agreement . He remained on the government backbench and ran again as the UAP candidate for Maribyrnong at the general election in 1934 , but the seat was naturally a Labor one . He had been able to win it for the UAP in the anti-Labor landslide of 1931 , but in 1934 Fenton lost to the Labor candidate , Arthur Drakeford , suffering a seven-point swing
Ottawa Agreement
British Empire Economic Conference
James Fenton (Australian politician)