Deaths and Resignations

In the legislatures elected from 1921 to 2003, there were 50 cases of deaths or resignations. The list below identifies the persons who departed the legislature, the year and district in which they had been elected, the cause and year of their departure, and the person who filled the vacated seat. Most successions were by way of a "casual election;" only six were by co-optation (and these are marked by an asterisk after the name).
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Election:
Year Div.      Incumbent:          Event:            Succeeded by:
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1921  5 Busuttil, Vincenzo       died     in 1922    Arturo Mifsud
1921  8 Camilleri, Luigi         resigned in 1923    Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici *
1921  4 Frendo, Pier Giuseppe    resigned in 1923    Ganni Bencini
1924  3 Henry, Charles Sydney    resigned in 1926    Robbie Bencini
1927  2 Bartolo, Augusto         resigned in 1927    Eric Parnis
1927  8 Micallef, Giuseppe       resigned in 1930    Robert Bonello
1927  3 Samut, Achille           resigned in 1929    Josef Muscat
1932  2 Dandria, Enrico          died     in 1932    Alfredo Azzopardi
1939  1 Boffa, Paul              resigned in 1945    Carmelo Mamo *
1939  1 Borg, George             resigned in 1941    John Formosa
1939  1 Mifsud, Ugo              died     in 1942    Giuseppi Schembri
1939  1 Strickland, Gerald       died     in 1940    Ercole Valenzia
1947  8 Camilleri, Francesco     died     in 1948    Amabile Cauchi
1947  6 Maempel, F.W.            died     in 1949    G.M. Camilleri
1950  2 Agius Muscat, Giuseppe   died     in 1951    Antonio Paris
1950  5 Colombo, Arthur F.       resigned in 1951    Guzeppi Pugliesevich
1950  1 Mizzi, Enrico            died     in 1950    Paolo Pace
1951  3 Cacciottolo, Salvu       resigned in 1952    Zaren Dalli
1951  5 Galea, Robert            resigned in 1953    A. Bartolo
1951  7 Schembri Adami, Anthony  resigned in 1953    Francis Bezzina Wettinger
1951  4 Strickland, Mabel        resigned in 1953    Edwin Busuttil
1953  8 Galea, George            died     in 1954    John  Micallef
1955  3 Borg, George             resigned in 1956    G.M. Dalli
1955  6 Flores, Joseph           resigned in 1955    Anton Buttigieg
1955  8 Refalo, Carmelo          resigned in 1956    Henry Jones
1962 10 Galea, George            died     in 1966    Marcel Mizzi
1962  9 Micallef, Daniel         resigned in 1966    Costanzo Sapiano
1966  3 Caruana, George          died     in 1969    Eddie Fenech Adami *
1971  8 Caruana Demajo, Tommaso  died     in 1973    Alfred Baldacchino
1976  6 Abela, Guze (Joseph)     resigned in 1979    Philip Sciberras
1976 11 Abela, Sammy (Salvatore) died     in 1977    Pierre Muscat
1976  3 Attard Bezzina, Emmanuel resigned in 1976    George Vella
1976 11 Borg Olivier, Giorgio    died     in 1980    Anne Agius Ferrante
1976  7 Buttigieg, Anton         resigned in 1976    Joseph Sciberras
1981  3 Barbara, Agatha          resigned in 1982    Freddie Portelli
1981  2 Bartolo, Freddie         died     in 1986    Joe Sultana
1981  1 Cremona, Danny           died     in 1982    John J. Borg
1981 10 Holland, Patrick         died     in 1986    Joe Baldacchino
1981 11 Xuereb, Paul             resigned in 1983    Karm Mifsud Bonnici *
1987 11 Muscat, Pierre           died     in 1990    John Muscat
1987  7 Sciberras, Joseph Philip died     in 1987    Alfred Sant *
1987 10 Tabone, Censu            resigned in 1989    John Vella
1992  8 Gauci Borda, Lino (Carmelresigned in 1994    Michael Asciak
1992  6 Hyzler, George J.        resigned in 1996    George M. Hyzler 
1992  2 Mifsud Bonnici, Ugo      resigned in 1994    Manuel Borda
1992  9 Rizzo Naudi, John        resigned in 1995    Joe Borg
1998 10 De Marco, Guido          resigned in 1999    Michael Frendo
2003  8 Eddie Fenech Adami       resigned in 2004    Michael Asciak
2003  9 Joe Borg                 resigned in 2004    Franco Galea
2003 11 Josef Bonnici            resigned in 2004    Joe Cassar  *
2003  6 Attard Montalto, John    resigned in 2004    Roderick Galdes

And you could have a look at the longevity of some parliamentarians in Malta.

For comic relief, you may wish to have a look at a spoof, by some American political scientists, about deaths in office.



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