A second attempt to remove Airdrie‑East MLA Angela Pitt from office ended after organizers abandoned the petition on Feb. 2, 2026, saying they could not gather enough signatures before Elections Alberta’s deadline. Organizers said the move means there will be no recall vote and no by‑election as a result, and Pitt will remain the riding’s representative in the provincial legislature.
Under Alberta’s Recall Act as administered by Elections Alberta, a successful petition in Airdrie‑East required signatures equal to 60% of the total number of votes cast in the 2023 provincial election in the riding — roughly 14,813 signatures. Petitioner Derek Keenan said the campaign collected about 2,200 names, far short of the required total.
Keenan told Global News and CBC that the campaign was intended in large part to raise awareness of concerns that Pitt had prioritized partisan politics over local issues and that some residents felt unheard. Pitt, in a statement reported by Discover Airdrie, said the Recall Act was being “weaponized by political activists” and described the effort as a distraction from her work for constituents.
CBC and other media noted the result fits into a broader pattern of recall efforts launched across Alberta in late 2025 and early 2026 that have struggled to meet the high signature threshold and verification requirements set out under the law. Elections Alberta’s public listings show multiple petitions were active at the time, but several organizers have conceded they could not reach the required numbers.
