Recall Campaign Against Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie Fails

Sarah Desjardins

7/21/20262 min read

A campaign to recall Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie has failed after organizers were unable to collect enough signatures from voters in her riding.

Elections B.C. said organizers reported submitting just over 3,600 signatures.

To succeed, the petition needed more than 15,000 eligible signatures, representing more than 40 per cent of registered voters in the riding.

Because the petition did not meet that threshold, Elections B.C. said it will take no further action.

No B.C. MLA Has Been Successfully Recalled

The campaign was the 31st recall effort launched in British Columbia since the Recall and Initiative Act came into effect in 1995.

So far, Elections B.C. says no MLA has ever been successfully recalled under the legislation.

Organizers acknowledged they fell short, but said the campaign still engaged thousands of residents in conversations about the future of the community.

In a statement Monday, the group said collecting signatures from 40 per cent of eligible voters was always going to be difficult in a riding where voter turnout in the 2024 provincial election was under 60 per cent.

The group said the 3,663 signatures collected marked the highest total achieved by any B.C. recall campaign in the past decade.

Recall Bid Criticized Brodie’s Priorities

The recall campaign claimed Brodie, who was expelled from the B.C. Conservative caucus last year, had prioritized launching a new political party over the needs of constituents in Vancouver-Quilchena.

Organizers pointed to concerns around affordability, health care and community services.

“I wish my elected representative was someone else,” said campaign proponent Dorothy Cumming.

Cumming said she wanted an MLA who showed more dedication to working with and for people in the riding.

Brodie Rejects Criticism

Brodie rejected the campaign’s characterization of her work.

“I’m running and doing all the work that I said I would do when I was campaigning,” she said.

She said many people in the riding regularly approach her to express support.

“Whenever I'm not in the legislature, I take calls, I work with people … we respond to issues as best we can,” Brodie said.

Brodie said she was confident the petition would not succeed, but acknowledged organizers had a democratic right to launch it.

“Some people may not like me but there's a whole other side of the community in my constituency that absolutely loves me and that's normal in politics,” she said.

Brodie Previously Backed Recall Attempt Against Eby

Brodie had previously worked on an unsuccessful campaign to recall Premier David Eby in 2023.

That effort failed after Elections B.C. said it collected 2,737 signatures out of the 16,449 required.

Brodie was elected as a B.C. Conservative in October 2024.

Five months later, she was removed from caucus after then-leader John Rustad said she had mocked residential school survivors.

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

Brodie now sits in the legislature as an Independent because two MLAs are required for official party status.

Elections B.C. says the petition’s proponent, Brodie and registered advertisers have until mid-August to submit financial disclosures to B.C.’s chief electoral officer.

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