Recall petition to be issued against OneBC legislator Dallas Brodie

Dallas Brodie is shown in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VICTORIA — The agency overseeing British Columbia elections says it will issue a recall petition against OneBC legislator Dallas Brodie.

Elections BC says it will issue the petition against Brodie on May 21 after approving an application that says Brodie is unfit to represent the riding.

The campaign to remove Brodie will have until July 20 to collect the necessary 15,232 signatures to remove her and trigger a byelection, but Elections BC says none of the 30 previous recall petitions since 1995 have succeeded.

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The recall bid says Brodie, who was expelled from the B.C. Conservative caucus last year, has prioritized starting her new political party over the needs of her constituents in Vancouver-Quilchena, and local priorities like affordability, health care and community services.

The proponent of the recall is identified as Dorothy Cumming, whose address is in Langley, B.C., outside Brodie’s riding.

Brodie was elected as a B.C. Conservative in October 2024, but was kicked out of the caucus five months later, after then-leader John Rustad said she had mocked residential school survivors.

She formed OneBC with another former Conservative MLA Tara Armstrong, but they later split when Brodie sought to fire a staffer she accused of antisemitism.

Brodie sits in the legislature as an Independent, since two legislators are required to confer party status.

She did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

This report by Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press, was first published May 14, 2026.

With files from Nono Shen.