Premier Alison Redford has ordered Asia representative Gary Mar to take an unpaid leave of absence.
The call comes after an ethics investigation was ordered into a fundraising event Mar held in Edmonton.
Reports indicate the fundraiser may have breached ethical guidelines by selling a trip to Hong Kong to help Mar pay for his campaign debts after he ran against Redford last fall.
According to financial statements released by the PC party, Mar's campaign raised over $2.4 million but his expenses left him with a $262,099 deficit.
The news has many questioning what this says about the PC Party.
"At some point the storm gathers and it becomes a question over the head of the government."
Politicial scientist David Taras said the incident was a "feast" for opposition parties, particularly during a pre-election period.
"Can she [Premier Redford] still say this is a new government when they continue to get hit over the head with all the old problems?"
"It's the same old Tory party up to the same old tricks and games," NDP leader Brian Mason told CTV News.
"I think that the important principal here is that you don't trade on gov't jobs to raise money for political parties," Mason added.
"I think that is very straightforward."
Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith said she agreed.
"They don't know where the line is between what's right and what's wrong, what's ethic and what's not, what's legal and what's not," she said.
Smith called on Redford to sack Mar rather than suspend him.
"If these reports are indeed true, Ms. Redford needs to send a clear message that this kind of abuse of power will not be tolerated, and fire him," she wrote in a media release.
"By keeping him in the position she appointed him to, she would be telling Albertans that such conduct is acceptable inside her government."
Redford's office said she only became aware of the incident on Friday and was still sorting out the details.
Gary Mar did not return calls made by CTV News.
With files from Sean Amato
