Elections Alberta

• Elections Alberta confirms recall petition against Demetrios Nicolaides failed

  Elections Alberta says a preliminary count determined 6,519 signatures — or just over 40 per cent of the total needed — were gathered in the riding of Calgary-Bow.

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  Jan 21
  
• Alberta separatist group gets green light to collect referendum signatures

  Elections Alberta says Mitch Sylvestre and the Alberta Prosperity Project have from Saturday, Jan. 3 until May 2 to collect just under 178,000 signatures to qualify.

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  Jan 2
  
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• Proposed Alberta separation referendum question approved

  Elections Alberta has approved the proposed referendum question, 'Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?'

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  Dec 22, 2025
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• Former UCP member unveils new ‘Progressive Tory Party of Alberta’ name

  Elections Alberta approved a new name for the Alberta Party, lead by MLA Peter Guthrie, even after the governing UCP banned a list of words it could use, including "conservative."

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  Dec 19, 2025
• Elections Alberta gets extra $6.7M to handle onslaught of recall petitions

  Elections Alberta chief electoral officer Gordon McClure requested the extra money because his office is managing 21 active recall petition campaigns.

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  Dec 12, 2025
• Province amends bill after Elections Alberta warns it harms trust

  The Alberta government made a last-minute adjustment to a bill on citizen-initiated referendums, after the chief electoral officer warned it would impede his office's independence.

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  Dec 10, 2025
• Danielle Smith becomes first Alberta premier in 90 years to face citizen recall

  Recall petitions have been issued for Premier Danielle Smith, Technology Minister Nate Glubish and Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz, Elections Alberta announced.

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  Dec 10, 2025
• Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14

  Almost a third of the 47 United Conservative members in the Alberta legislature are now under recall.

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  Nov 25, 2025
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• 3rd Alberta legislature member, Nolan Dyck, target of recall petition

  The woman behind the petition for Grande Prairie MLA Nolan Dyck says in the application he has been dismissing concerns of his constituents and ignoring attempts to contact him.

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  Nov 21, 2025
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• No changes coming ‘at the moment’ for Alberta’s recall legislation: Danielle Smith

  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's concerned such petition drives aren't using the recall legislation in good faith but instead, are trying to overthrow her government.

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  Nov 5, 2025