Past Citizen Initiative Petitions
Electors can use the citizen initiative process to have a legislative or policy proposal introduced in the legislative assembly or to have a constitutional referendum conducted.
The following citizen initiative petitions have concluded:
| Subject | Proponent | Status | Dates Approved/Timelines |
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| Alberta Forever Canada | Thomas Lukaszuk [email protected] |
Application Approved | June 30, 2025 |
| Petition issued, signature collection begins | July 30, 2025 | ||
| Signature collection period ends | October 28, 2025 | ||
| Signature verification period completed | November 15, 2025 (Deadline was December 27, 2025) | ||
| Financial reports received | November 27, 2025 (on due date) | ||
| Financial filing deemed complete | November 28, 2025 | ||
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Petition Results: Successful Total number of signatures required for a successful petition: 293,976 (10% of 2,939,762 electors on the post-election day List of Electors from 2023 Provincial General Election) Estimated number of electors in the province: 2,966,192 (registered electors as of May 2025) Total number of valid signatures counted: 438,568 (as described in Citizen initiative Act s.6(4)) Total number of verified signatures after random statistical sampling method applied with a 95% confidence level: 404,293 (Citizen initiative Act s.6(4)) Estimated percentage of electors in the province who signed the signature sheets: 13.6% (verified signatures) |
December 1, 2025 (Deadline was January 6, 2026) | ||
| Submitted to Speaker of the Legislative Assembly | December 1, 2025 | ||
| Alberta Funds Public Schools | Alicia Taylor [email protected] |
Application Approved | October 7, 2025 |
| Petition issued, signature collection begins | October 14, 2025* | ||
| Signature collection period ends | February 11, 2026* | ||
| Financial reports received | March 13, 2026 (Deadline: March 13, 2026) |
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| Financial filing deemed complete | March 24, 2026 | ||
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Petition Results: Unsuccessful Number of signatures required: 177,732 (10% of the total number of votes cast in the previous provincial general election) Total number of preliminary signatures counted: 124,937 Total number of valid signatures counted: n/a |
February 17, 2026 (Deadline was March 4, 2026) |
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| No New Coal Mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains |
Corby Lund Number of signatures required: 177,732 (10% of the total number of votes cast in the previous provincial general election) |
Notice of intent received | December 17, 2025 |
| Application for Petition Issuance Period | December 20, 2025 – January 18, 2026 | ||
| Application Approved | January 23, 2026 | ||
| Petition issued, signature collection begins |
February 10, 2026 February 11, 2026 |
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| Signature collection ends | June 10, 2026 | ||
| Petition received by Elections Alberta | June 10, 2026 | ||
| Signature verification period completed | July 2**, 2026 deadline (due to July 1 stat holiday) | ||
| Financial reports received | (Deadline: August 10, 2026) | ||
| Financial filing deemed complete | TBD | ||
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Petition Results: Unsuccessful Total number of signatures required for a successful petition: 177,732 (10% of 1,777,315 votes cast in the 2023 Provincial General Election) Estimated number of electors in the province: 2,966,192 (registered electors as of May 2025) Total number of valid signatures counted: 196,088 (as described in Citizen initiative Act s.6(4)) Total number of verified signatures after random statistical sampling method applied with a 95% confidence level: 172,088 (Citizen initiative Act s.6(5)) Estimated percentage of electors in the province who signed the signature sheets: 5.8% (verified signatures) |
July 2, 2026 (Deadline was July 2, 2026 due to July 1 stat holiday) |
*Dates adjusted in alignment with Citizen Initiative Act.
**With the last day of the signature collection period falling on a statutory holiday, the Interpretation Act, section 22 applies, moving the verification deadline date to the next regular business day.