 There his speech on the Commonwealth bill was ""specially remarkable for the almost prophetic insight into the modifications that would be necessary before the bill could be wholly acceptable"" (Quick and Garran, "The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth", p. 136).In 1892 Wrixon was a candidate for the Victorian speakership, but was defeated by a combination of the supporters of the opposing candidates, and Thomas Bent was elected.Two years later he resigned his seat in the assembly and in 1896 was elected a member of the legislative council for South Western Province.