First citizen recall petition against Alberta legislature member fails

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

Jenny Yeremiy submitted her petition against Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides to Elections Alberta on Tuesday, but said 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.