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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