CP NewsAlert: First citizen recall petition against Alberta legislature member fails

By Canadian Press on January 20, 2026.

EDMONTON — The first of more than two dozen recall petitions launched against members of Alberta’s legislature has come up short.

Jenny Yeremiy has submitted her petition against Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides to Elections Alberta but says she needed thousands more signatures.

She says the campaign collected about 6,500 signatures, well short of its required 16,000.

The petition was launched in October and, if successful, would have forced a constituency-wide vote on whether Nicolaides should lose his seat in the legislature.

Yeremiy says she thinks the petition should still be considered a success, because it helped get people organized ahead of the next provincial election set for October 2027.

The petition was the first of 26 launched against members of the legislature in the final months of 2025.

More coming.

Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press