January 21, 2026
RED FM News Desk
The first of more than two dozen recall petitions launched against members of Alberta’s legislature has failed to meet the required threshold.
Jenny Yeremiy submitted her recall petition against Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides to Elections Alberta on Tuesday, despite acknowledging it fell well short of the number of signatures needed. Carrying “Recall Nicolaides” signs and a banker’s box filled with petition sheets, Yeremiy told reporters outside the Elections Alberta office in Edmonton that the campaign gathered approximately 6,500 signatures — far below the roughly 16,000 required.
Although unsuccessful, Yeremiy said she was proud of the effort, arguing the signature threshold was “pretty damn impossible” to reach.
She said she chose to formally submit the petition anyway to make a statement.
“We want to put on the record that there are 6,500-plus of us that are angry with the way (Nicolaides) is abusing his rights,” Yeremiy said. “If that doesn’t tell our education minister that his constituents have an issue with the way he’s leading us, I don’t know what will.”
The recall campaign was launched in October and, had it succeeded, would have triggered a constituency-wide vote on whether Nicolaides should be removed from his seat in the legislature.
Elections Alberta said it will announce next steps once Yeremiy’s official submission deadline passes on Wednesday.
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