Pope was a member of the four-person committee appointed by the federal government to redesign the coat of arms (the other members were Thomas Mulvey, A.G. Doughty and Major-General W.G. Gwatkin).
Pope bol členom štvorčlennej komisie zvolanej federálnou vládou, aby zmenila dizajn štátneho znaku (ostatní členovia boli Thomas Mulvey, A. G. Doughty a generálmajor W. G. Gwatkin.