Alberta’s chief electoral officer has approved a petition application to recall Demetrios Nicolaides, MLA for Calgary-Bow, who is also the Minister of Education and Childcare.

The application, filed by Calgarian Jennifer Yeremiy, was given a written notice of approval last week and the petition was issued Oct. 23 . Under the province’s legislation, Yeremiy will have 90 days to collect 16,006 signatures within the electoral division to make the petition successful.

This is the first recall petition application approved under the Recall Act, which the United Conservative Party government passed in 2021 and amended this July to lower the threshold for recalls.

Yeremiy's application says she is requesting Nicolaides’ recall because his “record demonstrates a clear failure to support p

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