the progressive caucus was less united than the liberals or conservatives, due to the formation of the ginger group and the semi-autonomous united farmers of alberta group. the farmer mps had promised among other things that they would reject the traditional parliamentary traditions such as that of bending to the will of the party leader and whip. many progressives argued that an mp should be able to vote against the party line so long as the vote was in accordance to his constituents' wishes. as a result, king always found enough progressive mps who were willing to back him on crucial votes and generally had a working majority, until after four years his government was brought down by an adverse vote due to a moment of confusion.