By The Canadian Press

Provincial Politics

Three more Alberta recall petitions issued against politicians, including Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright

Dec 23, 2025 | 10:28 AM

EDMONTON — Elections Alberta has issued three more recall petitions for legislature members — two United Conservative backbenchers and one Opposition New Democrat.

That brings the current total of active petitions to 26 — 24 of those are for UCP politicians, which is more than half of Premier Danielle Smith’s 47-member caucus.

Ron Wiebe and Justin Wright are both first-term UCP legislature members.

MLA Peggy Wright serves as NDP labour critic.

The petitioners looking to oust Wiebe and Justin Wright say in statements that they’re motivated in part because the politicians supported the government’s legislation that forced striking teachers back to work earlier this year.

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The petitioner seeking to remove Peggy Wright says its because the NDP member is not accessible to constituents and was critical of the government’s move to ban some books from school libraries.

Petitioners have three months to collect signatures equal to 60 per cent of the total number of votes cast in their constituency in the 2023 provincial election.

If successful, a constituency-wide vote would be held on whether the politician keeps their seat. If the member loses, a byelection would be held.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2025.

Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press