Five New Recall Petitions Issued
November 25, 2025
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received petition applications to recall the following five Members of the Legislative Assembly and determined all applications meet the requirements of section 3(1) of the Recall Act. Electoral Division 49 – Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock, Glenn Van Dijken, Electoral Division 53 – Camrose, Jackie Lovely, Electoral Division 71 – Lethbridge-East, Nathan Neudorf, Electoral Division 79 – Red Deer-South, Jason Stephan, and Electoral Division 82 – Spruce Grove-Stony Plain, Searle…
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Six New Recall Petitions Issued
November 24, 2025
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received petition applications to recall the following six Members of the Legislative Assembly and determined all applications meet the requirements of section 3(1) of the Recall Act. Electoral Division 11 – Calgary-Fish Creek, Myles McDougall, Electoral Division 14 – Calgary-Hays, Ric McIver, Electoral Division 19 – Calgary-North, Muhammad Yaseen, Electoral Division 21 – Calgary-North West, Rajan Sawhney, Electoral Division 65 – Highwood, RJ Sigurdson, and Electoral…
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New Recall Petition Issued
November 21, 2025
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received a petition application to recall the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Electoral Division 63 – Grande Prairie, Nolan Dyck, and has determined it meets the requirements of section 3(1) of the Recall Act. As required by s.3(3) of the Act, written notice of the approval was issued on October 22, 2025, to the: applicant, MLA Nolan Dyck, member named in the application, Honourable Danielle…
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New Recall Petition Issued
November 05, 2025
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received a petition application to recall the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Electoral Division 48 – Airdrie-East, Angela Pitt, and has determined it meets the requirements of section 3(1) of the Recall Act. As required by s.3(3) of the Act, written notice of the approval was issued on October 22, 2025, to the: applicant, MLA Angela Pitt, member named in the application, Honourable Danielle Smith,…
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Citizen Initiative Petition Received, Verification Begins
October 28, 2025
EDMONTON – The signature period for the “Alberta Forever Canada” citizen initiative petition has ended and Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received the petition from the proponent. Next steps Elections Alberta will verify the petition within 60 days (by December 27, 2025), using the method as prescribed in the Act to achieve a 95% confidence level. The verification process includes: Confirmation that only the petition signature sheets as provided to the applicant were…
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New Recall Petition Issued
October 23, 2025
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received a petition application to recall the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Electoral Division 3 – Calgary-Bow, the Honourable Demetrios Nicolaides, and has determined it meets the requirements of section 3(1) of the Recall Act. This is the first recall petition application approved under the Recall Act. As required by s.3(3) of the Act, written notice of the approval was issued on October 14, 2025,…
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New Citizen Initiative Petition Issued
October 14, 2025
EDMONTON – Today, Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, issued the petition for the “Alberta Funds Public Schools” citizen initiative. Prior to issuing the petition, the Chief Electoral Officer received, and is satisfied with, the appointment of a Chief Financial Officer for the citizen initiative, as required under sections 3(3) and 21(1) of the Citizen Initiative Act. The notice on the Current Initiatives Petitions page of Elections Alberta’s website has been updated, indicating the petition…
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New Citizen Initiative Application Approved, Notice of Initiative Petition Issued
October 07, 2025
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received a citizen initiative proposal application and has determined it meets the requirements of section 2(3) of the Citizen Initiative Act. Today, the Notice of Initiative Petition was issued, as required by the Act, and published on Elections Alberta’s website. Approved Initiative Petition Information The approved citizen initiative application is for a policy proposal as follows: Subject: Alberta Funds Public Schools Proposed Question: Should the Government…
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Citizen Initiative Petition Issued
July 30, 2025
EDMONTON – Today, Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, issued the petition for the “Alberta Forever Canada” citizen initiative. Prior to issuing the petition, the Chief Electoral Officer received, and is satisfied with, the appointment of a Chief Financial Officer for the citizen initiative, as required under sections 3(3) and 21(1) of the Citizen Initiative Act. The notice on the Current Initiatives Petitions page of Elections Alberta’s website has been updated, indicating the petition has…
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Statement re: Citizen Initiative Application Update
July 29, 2025
EDMONTON – The Chief Electoral Officer is an independent, non-partisan Officer of the Legislature. The Citizen Initiative Act permits important questions that have constitutional implications to be put to a referendum. The constitutional referendum question proposed is: Do you agree that the Province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province in Canada? This is a serious and significant question, with the potential to have profound impact on all Albertans….
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