sentences:  He was elected as member for Blayney on the abolition of West Macquarie in 1904.He expected to become Premier when John See resigned and See recommended him for the position but Governor Sir Harry Rawson refused to appoint Crick because of his excessive drinking in Executive Council meetings, and in due course asked Thomas Waddell to be Premier.From 1905–07, Royal Commissioner William Owen investigated the administration of the Lands Department and found that Crick had overruled departmental advice on 35 occasions when granting leases to pastoralists in the Western Division.