diff --git a/platform/representation/src/MCTRepresentation.js b/platform/representation/src/MCTRepresentation.js
index 49b2ae0f57..98a814c362 100644
--- a/platform/representation/src/MCTRepresentation.js
+++ b/platform/representation/src/MCTRepresentation.js
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ define(
                     }
                 }
 
+                // Destroy (deallocate any resources associated with) any
+                // active representers.
+                function destroyRepresenters() {
+                    activeRepresenters.forEach(function (activeRepresenter) {
+                        activeRepresenter.destroy();
+                    });
+                }
+
                 // General-purpose refresh mechanism; should set up the scope
                 // as appropriate for current representation key and
                 // domain object.
@@ -152,10 +160,8 @@ define(
                     // via the "inclusion" field
                     $scope.inclusion = representation && getPath(representation);
 
-                    // Any existing gestures are no longer valid; release them.
-                    activeRepresenters.forEach(function (activeRepresenter) {
-                        activeRepresenter.destroy();
-                    });
+                    // Any existing representers are no longer valid; release them.
+                    destroyRepresenters();
 
                     // Log if a key was given, but no matching representation
                     // was found.
@@ -209,6 +215,10 @@ define(
                 // model's "modified" field, by the mutation capability.
                 $scope.$watch("domainObject.getModel().modified", refreshCapabilities);
 
+                // Make sure any resources allocated by representers also get
+                // released.
+                $scope.$on("$destroy", destroyRepresenters);
+
                 // Do one initial refresh, so that we don't need another
                 // digest iteration just to populate the scope. Failure to
                 // do this can result in unstable digest cycles, which
diff --git a/platform/representation/test/MCTRepresentationSpec.js b/platform/representation/test/MCTRepresentationSpec.js
index 337f214a86..a50347df70 100644
--- a/platform/representation/test/MCTRepresentationSpec.js
+++ b/platform/representation/test/MCTRepresentationSpec.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ define(
                 mockSce.trustAsResourceUrl.andCallFake(function (url) {
                     return url;
                 });
-                mockScope = jasmine.createSpyObj("scope", [ "$watch" ]);
+                mockScope = jasmine.createSpyObj("scope", [ "$watch", "$on" ]);
                 mockElement = jasmine.createSpyObj("element", JQLITE_FUNCTIONS);
                 mockDomainObject = jasmine.createSpyObj("domainObject", DOMAIN_OBJECT_METHODS);