A recall petition targeting Vancouver–Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie can proceed after Elections BC confirmed it met the threshold to be issued, prompting mixed reactions from residents in the riding — including some who say they do not even know who represents them.
Residents Express Frustration
“Well, this will tell you the whole story. I don’t know who my MLA is,” Dunbar resident Steve Good said Thursday afternoon. “They should call them an MIA, or Missing in Action,” he added, describing what he sees as a lack of political presence in the community.
Proponent Dorothy Cumming said in her application letter that Brodie is “unfit for public office” and local voters need to be able to choose an elected official who actually represents their interests.
Grounds for Recall
“In October 2024, we elected an MLA to represent our interests in Victoria. Instead, just months after taking office, Dallas Brodie was expelled from the B.C. Conservative caucus for mocking Indian residential school abuse survivors,” said Cumming. “Since then, she has prioritized starting a new political party over the needs of her constituents.”
Cumming will need to gather signatures from 40 per cent of all eligible voters in Vancouver-Quilchena, which amounts to 15,232 people, by July 20 in order for the recall to be successful. If she is able to clear that hurdle, a byelection will be held in which Brodie would be able to campaign to retain her seat.
Background on Brodie
Brodie was elected in October 2024 under the B.C. Conservative banner but was kicked out of the party by then-leader John Rustad in March 2025 over comments he said were offensive to residential school survivors. She subsequently formed the OneBC party with fellow former Conservative MLA Tara Armstrong, but now sits as an independent after Armstrong left the party.
A website that went live in mid-March, by a group of self-described “residents and volunteers from the Vancouver-Quilchena community, as well as supporters from across British Columbia,” says that since being elected, “many constituents feel Dallas Brodie has focused on controversy and ideological projects instead of local priorities like affordability, public safety, schools, health care, and community services.”
“She does not maintain a functioning constituency office in the riding, has failed to respond to many constituent concerns, and has been largely absent from community events and opportunities to engage with residents,” states the “about” section of the site, recallbrodie.com. “This leads many to ask a simple question: Where is our MLA and why isn’t she representing our riding?”
In response to people upset over her not having a constituency office, Brodie said in March that “establishing a constituency office is the responsibility of the legislative assembly administration, not individual MLAs.” The administration has acknowledged delays in finding an affordable space to lease.
