 He was also appointed to the American Legion of Merit as a Legionnaire "in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies" on 15 March 1945, and to the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords (denoting the military division) as a Commander on 16 January 1947.Poole was elected Member of Parliament for Oswestry in the 1945 general election, but lost his seat in the 1950 general election.He was later Joint Honorary Treasurer of the Conservative Party from 1952 to 1955, its Chairman from 1955 to 1957, its Deputy Chairman from 1957 to 1959, its joint Chairman with Iain Macleod in 1963 and its Vice-Chairman from 1963 to 1964.