Edited sentence: Added to these was the challenge of an impending provincial election.He accomplished this last objective, winning 43 of 60 seats in the 1926 election (and increase from the 38 the UFA won in 1921).In 1928 Brownlee accomplished another objective when he sold the province's remaining railways to Canadian National and Canadian Pacific for $25 million.On his return to Edmonton from the December 14, 1929, Ottawa signing ceremony, he was greeted by 3,000 cheering Albertans; he was at the zenith of his popularity.Once re-elected, he turned his attention to his other objectives.Perhaps his greatest success came the following year, when, after several abortive attempts, he won control of Alberta's natural resources on terms favourable to the province.The issues Brownlee faced upon becoming Premier were largely the same as the ones he had faced as Attorney-General: winning control of Alberta's natural resources from the federal government, selling the money losing railways, and balancing the provincial budget.Though the province showed a surplus for 1925, Brownlee held firm to the austere practices he had recommended as Attorney-General; by 1928, with Alberta's surplus among the highest in the country, this restraint began to take its toll on his popularity