sentences:  These policies were unpopular enough with his constituents that he lost his seat in 1882, leading to his split with the Conservative Party of Sir John A. Macdonald.He would run several times unsuccessfully as an independent candidate, but when he returned to parliament from 1896 to 1900 it was as a Liberal.Domville was also a St John city Alderman for a time, during which he was instrumental in the establishment of the city's public library.