Dallas Brodie | |
|---|---|
| Leader of OneBC | |
| Assumed office June 9, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Official Opposition Critic of the Ministry of Attorney General of British Columbia | |
| In office November 20,2024 –March 7,2025 | |
| Leader | John Rustad |
| Shadowing | Niki Sharma |
| Preceded by | Mike de Jong |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Quilchena | |
| Assumed office October 19,2024 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin Falcon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dallas Monique Brodie February 7,1962 Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada |
| Political party | OneBC (2025–present) |
| Other political affiliations | BC Conservative (until 2025) |
| Children | 2 |
| 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.
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]
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 led 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 a statement on X that read in part:"The number of confirmed child burials at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site is zero. Zero. No one should be afraid of the truth. Not lawyers,their governing bodies,or anyone else." [14] . The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs called for Brodie to apologize as she perpetuated Residential School Denialism. [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]
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]
Brodie lives in her Vancouver-Quilchena riding. [3] She has two children. [22]
| 2024 British Columbia general election : Vancouver-Quilchena | ||||||||
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| 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 [23] | ||||||||
| 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 [24] | ||||||||