OneBC (political party)

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OneBC
Leader Dallas Brodie (interim)
House Leader Tara Armstrong
FoundedJune 9, 2025;4 months ago (2025-06-09)
Split from Conservative Party of British Columbia
Headquarters10107 101 Avenue
Fort St. John, British Columbia
V1J 2B4
Ideology
Political position Right-wing
Seats in the Legislative Assembly
2 / 93
Website
1bc.ca

OneBC is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It was registered with Elections BC on June 9, 2025. [1] [2] Independent MLAs Dallas Brodie and Tara Armstrong launched the new party, with Brodie serving as interim leader [2] and Armstrong as house leader. [3]

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History

Brodie and Armstrong were elected as Conservative MLAs in the 2024 election. [4] On March 7, 2025, Brodie was removed from the Conservative caucus for comments she made about residential schools on a podcast. [5] Later that day, Armstrong voluntarily left the caucus. [6]

On June 12, 2025, the creation of OneBC was announced. [7] The party held its first town hall meeting in Abbotsford on September 13, 2025. [8] The party's subsequent town hall meeting in Penticton was moved to a private art studio after their request to book the publicly-owned Penticton Trade and Convention Centre was rejected by the city. [9]

Policies

OneBC outlined a number of its policies in a press release on June 12, 2025. The party proposes cutting income taxes, allowing private healthcare, ending "mass migration", defunding "the reconciliation industry" and banning teacher strikes. [10] It has also called for an end to mail-in voting and early voting, as well as for all votes to be counted by hand. [11] [12] It has equally called for bans on gender-affirming healthcare. [13] Michael MacKenzie, a professor of political science at Vancouver Island University, described OneBC as similar policy-wise to the federal People's Party of Canada (PPC), comparing their shared support for "big tax cuts, private health care and socially conservative policies". [14] The PPC has been described as a right-wing populist and libertarian party. [15]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "Registered Political Parties – Information" (PDF). Elections BC . June 11, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ Johansen, Nicholas (June 12, 2025). "Kelowna MLA part of new BC political party". Castanet. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ Boegman, Anton (April 17, 2025). "Statement of Votes 43rd Provincial General Election October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Kurjata, Andrew (March 7, 2025). "2 MLAs defect from B.C. Conservative Party following Dallas Brodie's ouster". CBC News . Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  7. ↑ DeRosa, Katie (June 12, 2025). "2 MLAs form new B.C. political party that courts social conservatives". CBC News . Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  8. ↑ Hopes, Vikki (September 8, 2025). "New OneBC party holds inaugural town hall meeting in Abbotsford". Chilliwack Progress . Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  9. ↑ Phillips, Brennan (September 22, 2025). "City of Penticton rejects town hall request from B.C. splinter party One BC". Nanaimo News Bulletin . Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ Lazenby, Alec (June 13, 2025). "What does the creation of OneBC mean for the province's political scene?". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  11. ↑ Little, Simon (June 12, 2025). "MLA expelled from BC Conservatives launches new 'OneBC' party". Global News . Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  12. ↑ "OneBC – Priorities". 1bc.ca. Archived from the original on August 14, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  13. ↑ "B.C. bill that would have stopped doctors from providing puberty blockers defeated". thecanadianpressnews.ca. October 8, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  14. ↑ St. Denis, Jen (June 16, 2025). "Flop or Force? BC's New Right-Wing Party". The Tyee. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  15. ↑ Aiello, Rachel (September 14, 2018). "Maxime Bernier launches People's Party of Canada". CTV News . Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
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