Former Canberra Liberals Leader Zed Seselja will leave the ACT Legislative Assembly next week to ramp up his campaign for the federal Senate.
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Mr Seselja announced his resignation on Monday morning and will have his final sitting day in the Assembly chamber this Thursday.
He will depart the Assembly on Tuesday June 11.
The Canberra Liberals MLA, who won the Senate nomination for the ACT Liberals after a bitter preselection battle against incumbent Liberals Senator Gary Humphries, said now was the right time to leave.
Since winning the nomination, Mr Seselja has faced constant pressure from Government MLAs to formally resign.
"I thought this was the most appropriate time," Mr Seselja said.
"It is the least disruptive because it means by those next sittings we will have a new member of the Assembly, they will be able to have time to settle in."
Following this week's sitting, the Assembly will not sit again until August.
A countback process will determine Mr Seselja's replacement in Brindabella, with the most likely successor either Tharwa fire hero Val Jeffery or Homelessness Australia chief Nicole Lawder, both of whom ran for the Canberra Liberals in the October territory elections.
"I'm certainly not going to be picking favourites but I think it's an embarrassment of riches really," Mr Seselja said.
"Either the fire hero or homelessness advocate – I think that's a pretty good choice for the people of Canberra and I think they will be very well served."
Mr Seselja said it had been "an absolute honour" to represent the people of Canberra in the Assembly for the past eight-and-a-half years.
The Liberals MLA said leaving the Assembly would allow him to focus his energies on his Senate campaign and "to once again asking the people of Canberra to give me their support - this time in the federal parliament".
Opposition Leader Jeremy Hanson said he would announce a reshuffle of his front bench next week.
Mr Hanson, who took over the Canberra Liberals leadership in February, said Mr Seselja had achieved a lot in eight-and-a-half years.
"The Liberal Party's in a very good place here now in the Assembly with eight members,'' Mr Hanson said.
"It's performing very strongly and Zed can take a lot of credit for that. He's taken the party a long way and I'm the beneficiary of a lot of his hard work.''