The deadline to submit the petition to recall Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek has passed, and the man who started it all says there are 72,271 names in total, which is 442,013 shy of the target.

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek and business owner Landon Johnston, who launched the petition to recall her, met for a face-to-face on Friday.

Landon Johnston, a local HVAC business owner, began an official bid last month to collect 514,000 signatures from Calgarians who want to remove Mayor Jyoti Gondek from office.

WATCH: Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek met Friday with Landon Johnston, the man at the centre of a petition to oust her from office. Adam MacVicar reports on the closed-door meeting – Mar 22, 2024 ...

Landon Johnston got his 15 minutes with the mayor of Calgary, and he came out of the meeting still calling for Jyoti Gondek's resignation.A local HVAC business owner, Johnston, has been collecting ...

Landon Johnston unloads some of the boxes with petitions to recall Mayor Jyoti Gondek at the Elections Office in Calgary on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia Article content ...

Johnston told Global News on Wednesday. 2:07 Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek faces recall after petition filed However, some people are raising concerns about who is involved with the recall petition.

During a special meeting of council on Monday, the City of Calgary officially determined the effort to recall Mayor Jyoti Gondek not only fell short of the required threshold, but all 369 signatures ...

Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek sat down with Global News' Adam MacVicar for a year-end interview to discuss a wide range of challenges the city faced in 2024.

Landon Johnston got his 15 minutes with the mayor of Calgary, and he came out of the meeting still calling for Jyoti Gondek's resignation.A local HVAC business owner, Johnston, has been collecting ...

During a special meeting of council on Monday, the City of Calgary officially determined the effort to recall Mayor Jyoti Gondek not only fell short of the required threshold, but all 369 signatures ...