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money. Word of Kelly's business dealings reached the
Premier's office who felt that "it was not appropriate for the Minister of Mines to dispense 'hot tips'". On July 8, 1957, Frost ordered Kelly to come to his office and asked for his resignation from cabinet. Reports in the newspapers at the time said that Kelly cited business pressures as the reason. He later admitted that the NONG situation was the real reason for leaving cabinet. Some reports said that Frost had Kelly's resignation already typed up before the meeting but Kelly wrote the resignation himself.
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By 1957, NONG had cornered the natural gas market in
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but was disqualified for not having enough signatures on his nomination forms, after 16 signatures were struck off for not being on the official voters list. He ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the riding of
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