 As it was now apparent that Reynolds no longer had enough support to govern, he resigned as Taoiseach on 17 November 1994.On 19 November 1994, Reynolds resigned as party leader, and the Minister for Finance Bertie Ahern, was unanimously elected the sixth leader of Fianna Fáil.Reynolds's favoured successor, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, withdrew from the leadership contest on the morning of the vote.