Post-election
As the only elected McCarthyite, Dalton McCarthy forged an alliance with Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals. He would likely have been appointed to cabinet had he not died following a carriage accident in early 1898. His son, Leighton McCarthy, won a by-election to succeed his father.
His followers attempted to revive the party and pursue McCarthy's anti-Catholic theme, but were unsuccessful. The party was formally disbanded in the same year.
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