 The following year , the group approached Greenfield directly to ask for his resignation . He initially agreed , but then vacillated long enough for Brownlee to once again pledge his loyalty to the Premier . This time , Henry Wise Wood intervened to ask Brownlee to reconsider , which he agreed to do only if Greenfield himself made the request . The Premier immediately did so , saying that he had never wanted the job in the first place . On November 23 , Greenfield resigned as Premier of Alberta , tearfully telling the media that he was " through with politics " . 
