{"id":304471,"date":"2025-11-24T20:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/304471\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T20:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:50:17","slug":"six-more-of-danielle-smiths-ucp-legislature-members-face-recall-petitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/304471\/","title":{"rendered":"Six more of Danielle Smith\u2019s UCP legislature members face recall petitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/2PCM2ZX72BGPFHXANIFYHF2CII.JPG?auth=fa804e23284bf53e98289330e65e35b263297a5843725a57b3f7a93c622cdfbb&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Alberta&#8217;s Minister of Advanced Education Rajan Sawhney, left, and Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary in May.Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Elections Alberta says six more members of Premier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/topics\/danielle-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/topics\/danielle-smith\/\">Danielle Smith\u2019s<\/a> United Conservative Party caucus are facing recall petitions, bringing the total to nine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The latest petitions are for cabinet ministers Rajan Sawhney, Myles McDougall, Dale Nally and RJ Sigurdson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">They also target Ric McIver, Speaker of the house, and Muhammad Yaseen, associate minister for multiculturalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Elections Alberta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/alberta\/article-alberta-ucp-recall-petition-united-conservative-mlas-angela-pitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/alberta\/article-alberta-ucp-recall-petition-united-conservative-mlas-angela-pitt\/\">previously approved petitions<\/a> to recall Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides, backbencher Nolan Dyck and deputy Speaker Angela Pitt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The approval process allows the person who launched the petition to collect signatures over a period of months in a constituency and, if they collect enough, a vote is held on whether to recall the legislature member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">It\u2019s a long process, but if all nine MLAs are defeated in constituency votes, the United Conservatives would lose their majority status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Alberta&#8217;s Minister of Advanced Education Rajan Sawhney, left, and Premier Danielle Smith 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