Fate of OneBC party uncertain after MLA Dallas Brodie ‘removed’ as leader

Then-Conservative candidate for Vancouver-Quilchena Dallas Brodie attends a campaign stop with then-Conservative Leader John Rustad, not seen, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck (DARRYL DYCK)

OneBC, the party formed after a split with the Conservative Party of B.C., says leader Dallas Brodie has been “removed” by the party’s board of directors.

The party’s only other elected member sitting in the B.C. Legislature, MLA Tara Armstrong, says she’s lost confidence in Brodie’s leadership, and the party’s website no longer includes any mention of Brodie.

Armstrong says she will “not be caucusing” with Brodie due to her loss of confidence, and posted on X that she’ll be writing to the Speaker of the B.C. legislature “to advise him of that.”

OneBC received official party status in the province’s legislative assembly after splitting with the B.C. Conservatives, with Armstrong as the party’s house leader and Brodie as party leader.

The legislature’s website says parties need two elected members to achieve official status, and allows them “fully participate in parliamentary business.”

On X, formerly Twitter, the party’s account posted letters on Saturday evening alleging that “agents” at Brodie’s instruction had tried to get control of party assets without authorization and access the party’s security systems and databases.

The documents on party letterhead say special resolutions passed by the OneBC board ordered Brodie’s removal as leader, an internal investigation and an amendment to the party’s constitution.

The documents include the signatures of Armstrong, OneBC executive director Paul Ratchford and Brodie’s former chief of staff Tim Thielmann, who Ratchford says is no longer working for the party.

Brodie says in a post on X that she’s still holding an event in Langley, B.C., today, listing herself as the party’s interim leader, but it’s “not a party event,” and posted later on Saturday that the party is “experiencing a little turbulence.”

Armstrong and Brodie and other party insiders did not return requests for comment Sunday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 14, 2025.