Dallas Brodie

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 Conservative Party, 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.

Dallas Brodie MLA
Interim Leader of OneBC
Incumbent
Assumed office June 9, 2025
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Quilchena
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2024
Preceded by	Kevin Falcon
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
Personal details
Born	Dallas Monique Brodie (1962-02-07) February 7, 1962 (age 63) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	OneBC (2025–present)
Other political affiliations	BC Conservative (until 2025) Independent (2025)
Residence(s)	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Early life and career

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, with arbitrators being 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 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 as a weekly host. While at UBC she travelled to Israel alongside the campus's Hillel organization.^[2][3]

Political career

Brodie first ran as the Conservative Party of British Columbia candidate in 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 doubled down on previous comments she had made on a podcast about what First Nations in British Columbia should do if they wanted autonomy and treatment as equals. She stated that "a large percentage your people are on the Downtown Eastside," called on them to "take responsibility", and accused them of "leav[ing] your people". Stewart Phillip, the Grand Chief of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs condemned the comment as "absolutely disgusting, ignorant and profoundly stupid."^[8][9] The Conservative Party 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 stated on a social media post that "zero" children had been confirmed to have been buried at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, which Conservative house leader Áʼa꞉líya Warbus criticized as harmful and a distraction for the party from more important issues.^[14] As of May 2025 that no bodies have been confirmed at the suspected gravesite of Kamloops or any other residential school in Canada.^[15] 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 the 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 launched a new party called OneBC, with Brodie serving as interim leader.^[19][20]

Political views

Brodie has also been a supporter of the State of Israel and participated in the March of the Living program in Poland through the Canada-Israel Committee.^[2]

Personal life

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

Electoral record

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Quilchena
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dallas Brodie	11,030	51.83	+51.83
	New Democratic	Callista Ryan	8,209	38.58	+10.1
	Green	Michael Barkusky	1,665	7.82	−6.8
	Independent	Caroline Ying-Mei Wang	376	1.77
Total valid votes				—
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[21]
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+54.3

v t e 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[22]

See also

• 43rd Parliament of British Columbia