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How would it be a losing battle when he had a majority and democratic reform at the time had strong majoritarian support?
Your rationalizations don't stick; this was done for crass, self-serving reasons of political expedience. His committee didn't give him the answers he wanted so he flipped the table and walked away.
Because it would probably have had to go to referendum like it did in BC and we know how referendums have gone.