89:, Yorston regained his seat in 1916. On forming government that year, the Liberals appointed a select committee to investigate allegations of corruption regarding the PGE construction under the previous Conservative administration. Yorston, who during his election campaign had promised to fight such corruption, became a member of this committee. The absence of a railway line in the North Cariboo hampered the transportation of agricultural produce. Local lobbying influenced Yorston and the minister of agriculture to provide BX with a freight subsidy of $ 10,000 annually from 1918 for the
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