Editing Recall election (section)

==== Alberta ====
The province of [[Alberta]] enacted recall legislation for Members of the Legislative Assembly in 1936 during the [[Alberta Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] government of [[William Aberhart]].<ref name = "cbc recall" /> The legislation was repealed after a petition was introduced for the recall of Aberhart himself.<ref name = "cbc recall"/><ref>{{cite journal |first=Don |last=Rowat |title=Our Referendums are not Direct Democracy |journal=[[Canadian Parliamentary Review]] |date=1998 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=25–27 |url=http://www.revparl.ca/21/3/21n3_98e_Rowat.pdf}}</ref>

In 2020, the Government of Alberta announced it will introduce a bill allowing recall elections for Members of the Legislative Assembly, municipal governments, and school boards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bellefontaine |first1=Michelle |title=Alberta government plans to table recall legislation for MLAs, local councils |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-throne-speech-recall-legislation-1.5475599 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |work=CBC News |date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> This bill, Bill 52, was passed and received Royal Assent June 17, 2021, and came into effect on April 7, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Recall and Initiative |url=https://www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initiative/ |website=Elections Alberta |access-date=September 18, 2021}}</ref>