In 1926, King and representatives from the other dominions met with British representatives at an lmperial Conference in London. At the conference, King joined a successful fight for dominion independence. The dominion and British representatives declared the dominions to be independent members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, as the British Empire then became Known. In 1931, the British Parliament passed the Statute of Westminster, which legalized the declaration. This act thus officially recognized Cana and the other seif-governing dominions as independent nations.