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

2008 10 Joseph Cuschieri         resigned in 2008    Joseph Muscat

2008  4 Karl Chircop             died     in 2008    Gino Cauchi

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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