This naturally attracted the anger of numerous cabinet ministers, such as Grace McCarthy, an influential Socred MLA who resigned in protest from Vander Zalm's cabinet in 1988.

On 11 August, election day, every UFA MLA was defeated ; Reid himself finished third in his riding, barely ahead of the Communist candidate, and resigned as Premier effective 22 August.

As was required by the custom of the day when an MLA was appointed to cabinet, he resigned his seat to run in a by-election, in which he easily defeated Conservative William John Blair.

After that, Abbotsford MLA Harry de Jong resigned ( and briefly contemplated taking up the leadership of the Family Coalition Party ).

He resigned as party leader and MLA in 1975, though he continued to support the Manitoba Liberal Party in later years.

On 27 May Throssell resigned as premier and as the leader of his group, but continued as MLA for Northam.

In 2000, Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly ( MLA ) Bernard Thériault resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the Canadian House of Commons in Acadie-Bathurst, and Edmond Blanchard resigned to accept an appointment to the Federal Court of Canada.

The party placed very poorly in a byelection to replace a Liberal MLA who had died, and the party had lost its other two seats when Maccagno resigned to run in the 1968 federal election and then in November 1969 the last remaining Liberal MLA, Bill Dickie, crossed the floor to join Lougheed's surging Progressive Conservatives.

The race was contested by Taylor, MLA, Sheldon Chumir, MLA ( Chumir resigned from the race after 73 days, deciding to focus on policy within the Party ), Grant Mitchell, and Edmonton Mayor Laurence Decore.

In 1994, Decore resigned as leader and four MLAs contested the leadership race: Edmonton McClung MLA Grant Mitchell, Fort McMurray MLA Adam Germain, Edmonton Roper MLA Sine Chadi, and Calgary-Buffalo MLA Gary Dickson.

Having failed to become an MLA, Duguay resigned as leader in November 2010.

Copperbelt MLA Haakon Arntzen resigned after facing sexual assault charges and Klondike MLA Peter Jenkins was ousted after refusing to repay a government loan.

McIntyre-Takhini MLA John Edzerza, the only First Nations person in Fentie's cabinet, resigned in August 2006 to sit as an Independent.

Filmon resigned as party leader in 2000, and stood down as an MLA in the same year.

Murray resigned as MLA for Kirkfield Park on September 7, 2006.

When Turtle Mountain MLA Mervin Tweed resigned from the provincial legislature in 2004 ( to run for the Canadian House of Commons ), Cullen sought and won the Progressive Conservative nomination to succeed him.

He remained an MLA until he resigned in 1968 to entered federal politics in the 1968 federal election.

When Gulzar Cheema resigned as an MLA in 1993, Kowalski sought and won the Liberal nomination in the Winnipeg riding of The Maples to succeed him.

Russell resumed office, but resigned again in early 1852 when a combination of the protectionists and Lord Palmerston defeated him on a Militia Bill.

With fellow investors both frustrated with his domination of the franchise's business operations and dissatisfied with yet another seventh-place finish, Clarence Miles resigned in early November 1955.

During the late 1920s and early 1930s Eisenhower's career in the post war army stalled somewhat, as military priorities diminished ; many of his friends resigned for high-paying business jobs.

Dawson selected Francisco Bertrand, who promised to hold early, free elections, and Dávila resigned.

New World Development announced in the early hours of 16 August that Leung had resigned from his post, without any compensation from either side or from the government, for the termination.

In early 2001, Barak resigned following the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada.

Already a lame duck Vice President, he was elected to the Senate by the South Carolina state legislature and resigned the Vice Presidency early to begin his Senate term because he believed he would have more power as a senator.

Daugherty remained in his position during the early days of the Calvin Coolidge administration, then resigned on March 28, 1924, amidst allegations of accepting bribes from bootleggers.

After two appeals by Agnew, he finally resigned himself to the matter and a check for $ 268, 482 was turned over to Maryland State Treasurer William S. James in early 1983.

Porter resigned in early 1891 when the new governor was sworn in.

In 684 he was made bishop of Lindisfarne but by late 686 resigned and returned to his hermitage as he felt he was about to die, although he was probably only in his early 50s.

He resigned from his role as a Member of the Knesset the same day, having been a member since November 1959 ( except for a three month period in early 2006 ), the longest serving in Israeli political history.

Kaempffert resigned in early 1931 amid growing disputes with the second president of the board of directors ; they disagreed over the objectivity and neutrality of the exhibits, and Kaempffert's management of the staff.

Due to discontent towards the proposal of political reform made by the Hong Kong government, the Civic Party and the League of Social Democrats joined together to carry out " Five Constituencies Referendum " in early 2010, by having one Legislative Councillors ( from either one of the parties ) in each constituency resigned, forcing the government to carry out a by-election, thus giving a chance for all voters to show their will towards universal suffrage and the abolishment of functional constituencies. Quite often, it is refereed as " De facto referendum ".

Kerr was widely criticised by ALP supporters for his actions, resigned early as Governor-General, and lived much of his remaining life abroad.

In their place, the Detroit Shock won their third championship under coach Bill Laimbeer, solidifying their place in WNBA history before Laimbeer resigned early in 2009, effectively ending the Shock dynasty.

Helmut Kohl served as chairman until the party's electoral defeat in 1998, when he was succeeded by Wolfgang Schäuble ; Schäuble resigned in early 2000 as a result of a party financing scandal and was replaced by Angela Merkel, who remains the leader of the CDU to this day.

Hawley formally resigned from the paper in early 1993, and pleaded guilty in April 1993.

In early August 2008, managing editor for news Hanke Gratteau resigned, and several weeks later, managing editor for features James Warren resigned as well.

Hindery predicted that the company would attain a positive cash flow by early 2002, but he resigned in October 2000 after seven months with the company, after the sale of the GlobalCenter division to Exodus Communications.

Shachtman and Burnham's tendency resigned from the International in early 1940, alongside almost 40 % of the SWP's members, many of whom became founder members of the Workers Party.

Adolphe de Leuven, the co-director of the Opéra-Comique most bitterly opposed to the Carmen project, resigned early in 1874, removing the main barrier to the work's production.

Gerry Francis returned in 1998, however the 2000 – 2001 season proved to be a disaster, and Francis resigned in early 2001.

The picketing of Originale marked the high point of Maciunas ' agit prop approach, an approach that estranged many of Fluxus ' early proponents ; Jackson Mac Low had resigned immediately after hearing ' antisocial ' plans laid in April 1963, such as breaking down trucks under the Hudson River Brecht threatened to quit on the same issue, and then left New York in the spring of 1965.