But he was forced to quit the party when reports of the scandal began leaking out last fall.

Wallace quit the party, and ran for president as an independent in 1948.

Chair of the party's policy commission from 1999 to 2002, when he quit the party.

Three of its four elected members, including the party's leader, quit the party before the next election.

He later quit the party on those grounds in 1925.

Three of its representatives in Parliament have quit the party to protest her stand.

He voluntarily quit the party in 1991 due to dissatisfaction with it.

Citing the Democrats' problems and their lack of real leadership, he quit the party last week.

She asked to be allowed to quit the party because she no longer agreed with it.

It is unclear whether she would quit the party and run as an independent.