“Con­verg­ing Forces: The Psy­cho­log­i­cal Moment,” April 1908. Appoint­ed to the Board of Trade, Churchill was required to stand for reelec­tion, and lost to the Con­ser­v­a­tive, William Joyn­son-Hicks. Poy backed “Jix,” and his car­toons con­tributed to young Winston’s defeat. WSC was imme­di­ate­ly offered the safe Lib­er­al seat of Dundee; he was elect­ed, enabling him to join the Cabinet.