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Dallas Brodie

Dallas Brodie
MLA
Leader of OneBC
Interim
Assumed office
June 9, 2025
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Vancouver-Quilchena
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2024
Preceded byKevin Falcon
Opposition critic of the Ministry of Attorney General of British Columbia
In office
November 20, 2024 – March 7, 2025
LeaderJohn Rustad
ShadowingNiki Sharma
Preceded byMike de Jong
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born
Dallas Monique Brodie

(1962-02-07) February 7, 1962 (age 63)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyOneBC (2025–present)
Other political
affiliations		BC Conservative (until 2025)
Residence(s)Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dallas Brodie MLA is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has served as the interim leader of OneBC since 2025 and as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) for Vancouver-Quilchena since 2024. Initially elected as a member of the BC Conservatives, Brodie was appointed attorney general critic in John Rustad's shadow cabinet in November 2024 and served until her expulsion from the party in March 2025.

Early life and career

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Brodie, a lawyer, worked as an arbitrator on British Columbia's Residential Tenancy Branch, which deals with landlord-tenant disputes, for a decade before quitting in 2017. She criticized underfunding for the body, saying arbitrators were paid less than comparable lawyers and overworked to meet the required deadlines.[1] Brodie has also worked as a criminal defence lawyer who took on Legal Aid BC youth cases.[2]

Brodie later worked in broadcasting as a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) producer in Toronto and Ottawa. Afterwards she worked for the CKNW talk radio station in Vancouver and for the CITR-FM station at the University of British Columbia (UBC) as a weekly host. While at UBC she travelled to Israel alongside the campus's Hillel organization.[2][3]

Political career

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Brodie first ran as the Conservative Party of British Columbia candidate for the April 2022 Vancouver-Quilchena by-election. She placed fourth, receiving 6.60% of the vote, with BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon winning the seat.[4][5][6] Federally that year, Brodie donated $3,350 to the People's Party of Canada.[7]

During an October all-candidates debate during the 2024 provincial election, Brodie attempted to clarify comments she had previously made about First Nations in British Columbia on a podcast, in which she stated their autonomy and equal footing "come with responsibility". Addressing First Nations at the debate, she said: "When a large percentage of your people are on the Downtown Eastside, it's important that you come and take responsibility for that piece as well. It's not okay to leave your people."[8] Stewart Phillip, the Grand Chief of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs condemned the comments at the debate as "absolutely disgusting, ignorant and profoundly stupid."[8][9] The Conservatives released a statement in which Brodie said she had been cut off before she could finish her statement with a call for reconciliation. The comments lead to criticism and calls for Conservative leader John Rustad to remove her as a candidate, but Rustad refused, saying it was up to voters.[10] Brodie was elected in Vancouver-Quilchena with 51.6% of the vote.[11][12] She was named to the shadow cabinet as the attorney general critic.[13]

In February 2025, Brodie posted on X that "zero" child burials had been confirmed at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School and that "no one should be afraid of the truth".[14] As of May 2025, no bodies have been confirmed at the suspected gravesite of Kamloops or any other residential school in Canada.[15] Conservative house leader Áʼa꞉líya Warbus criticized the post as harmful and a distraction for the party from more important issues.[14] Rustad asked Brodie to take down the post, which she refused to do.[14] The same day as Rustad made his request, Brodie was one of five Conservative MLAs to vote against a motion condemning the tariff threats of American president Donald Trump and supporting retaliatory tariffs if necessary.[16]

The following month, during an online discussion hosted by Frances Widdowson, Brodie described Warbus's comments as "vociferous hatred" and suggested that she should join the New Democratic Party. The video prompted the Métis Nation British Columbia to call for her removal from caucus.[13] On March 7, she was expelled by Rustad as a result.[17][18]

On June 9, 2025, Brodie and fellow independent Tara Armstrong, who had left the Conservative caucus of her own accord, launched a new party called OneBC, with Brodie serving as interim leader.[19][20]

Political views

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Brodie is a supporter of the State of Israel and participated in the March of the Living program in Poland through the Canada-Israel Committee.[2] On August 20, 2025, she announced that she had filed private prosecution against Charlotte Kates, the co-founder of Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian advocacy group that was designated a terrorist entity by the Canadian government in 2024.[21]

Personal life

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Brodie lives in her Vancouver-Quilchena riding.[3]

Electoral record

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2024 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Quilchena
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Dallas Brodie 11,464 51.6 +51.6
New Democratic Callista Ryan 8,649 38.9 +10.4
Green Michael Barkusky 1,729 7.8 −6.8
Independent Caroline Ying-Mei Wang 385 1.7 —
Total valid votes —
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[22]
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +51.83
British Columbia provincial by-election, April 30, 2022: Vancouver-Quilchena
Resignation of Andrew Wilkinson
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Kevin Falcon 6,200 58.61 +2.57 $117,930.56
New Democratic Jeanette Ashe 2,590 24.48 –4.08 $75,850.61
Green Wendy Hayko 1,025 9.69 –5.71 $32,855.66
Conservative Dallas Brodie 698 6.60 – $33,166.75
Libertarian Sandra Filosof-Schipper 66 0.62 – $636.31
Total valid votes 10,579 99.95 –
Total rejected ballots 5 0.05 –0.46
Turnout 10,584 27.56 –27.56
Registered voters 38,399
Liberal hold Swing +3.33
Source: Elections BC[23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gold, Kerry (March 13, 2019). "The veiled world of B.C. rental arbitration". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Tory leader woos Jews". Jewish Independent. July 12, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Meissner, Dirk (April 24, 2022). "Byelection a battle over past and future for BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon, experts". CBC News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 2022 Vancouver-Quilchena and Surrey South By-elections" (PDF). Elections BC. December 20, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  5. ^ Fletcher, Tom (April 30, 2022). "Kevin Falcon takes Vancouver by-election for seat in B.C. legislature". Goldstream News Gazette. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  6. ^ "B.C. Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon wins legislature seat in Vancouver-Quilchena". April 29, 2022.
  7. ^ LeBrun, Luke (October 20, 2024). "Meet the Extreme, Far-Right BC Conservative Candidates Who Are Now Legislators Following BC's Wild Election". PressProgress. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Brunoro, Michele (October 11, 2024). "BC Conservative candidate under fire for comments about First Nations". CTV News. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  9. ^ Junos, Kier (October 27, 2024). "First Nations leaders condemn racist comments by BC Conservative Party candidate". CityNews. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  10. ^ Joannou, Ashley; Chiang, Chuck (October 11, 2024). "Rustad stands by B.C. Conservative candidates under fire, says voters can judge them". Richmond News. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "BC election 2024 results: Vancouver-Quilchena | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "B.C. Election Results: NDP maintains 11 of 12 Vancouver ridings despite boundary shifts". vancouversun. Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  13. ^ a b DeRosa, Katie (March 6, 2025). "Divisions over residential school facts erupt inside B.C. Conservative caucus meeting". CBC News. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  14. ^ a b c DeRosa, Katie (February 24, 2025). "B.C. Conservative MLA refutes charge of residential school denialism". CBC News. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  15. ^ Austen, Ian (September 20, 2024). "What Lies Beneath Canada's Former Indigenous School Sites Fuels a Debate". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 27, 2025. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  16. ^ DeRosa, Kaite (February 25, 2025). "NDP tariff motion exposes divisions in B.C. Conservative caucus". CBC News. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  17. ^ Kurjata, Andrew (March 7, 2025). "B.C. Conservative leader kicks Dallas Brodie out of caucus for 'mocking' residential school testimony". CBC News. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  18. ^ Gangdev, Srushti; Brockman, Charles (March 7, 2025). "B.C. Conservatives fire MLA Dallas Brodie after mocking Residential School Survivors". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  19. ^ Page, Mark (June 12, 2025). "Former Conservative MLA Dallas Brodie to lead new B.C. political party". Keremos Review. Black Press Media. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  20. ^ Johansen, Nicholas (June 12, 2025). "Kelowna MLA part of new BC political party". Castanet. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  21. ^ Jäger, Jarryd (August 20, 2025). "WATCH: OneBC leader files private prosecution against Samidoun co-founder Charlotte Kates". Western Standard. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  22. ^ "BC election 2024 results: Vancouver-Quilchena". Global News. October 19, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  23. ^ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 2022 Vancouver-Quilchena and Surrey South By-elections" (PDF). Elections BC. December 20, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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