OneBC says its board of directors has removed Dallas Brodie as interim leader.
The right-wing party, which formed after a split with the B.C Conservatives earlier this year, said in a statement over the weekend the ouster comes due to “Brodie’s increasing instability, paranoia, erratic behaviour, and abusive conduct.”
Tara Armstrong, MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream and OneBC House Leader, said she has lost confidence in Brodie’s leadership.
The party’s statement on the social media platform X, said Brodie fired senior staff members without warning, including OneBC Chief of Staff Tim Thielmann and Director of Strategic Operations Paul Ratchford.
It also alleges she instructed “agents” to access and copy party assets, communications software, and databases without authorization.
“The board has taken steps to protect membership and other sensitive data and has commenced an external investigation into the matter,” said the statement.
It alleges that during the final two weeks of the B.C. legislature’s fall session, Brodie yelled and used abusive language toward staff members.
“After senior staff and caucus colleague MLA Armstrong raised concerns of her behavior, Ms. Brodie severed communications and refused to respond to senior staff or MLA Armstrong for nearly a week, despite multiple urgent requests to discuss pressing matters,” said the statement.
In a separate statement on social media, Armstrong said the past two weeks have been “shocking and deeply painful.”
Brodie, MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, launched OneBC with Armstrong in June.
Brodie was expelled from the Conservative caucus in March after comments she made on a podcast about residential school survivors.
Armstrong and Peace River North MLA Jordan Kealy left the Conservatives shortly after in solidarity, though Kealy remains sitting as an Independent.
Brodie issued a statement to X on Sunday that doesn’t directly acknowledge her removal as party leader.
She said she had raised concerns about a junior staffer and alleges Thielmann and Ratchford “subverted” her orders to remove him.
“I understand that many people are worried, frustrated, and disappointed. I want to assure you that my values, my visions and policies are unchanged, and I am as committed as ever to upholding them and to fighting for excellence and prosperity of British Columbia,” said Brodie.
Brodie’s profile on X still described her as being the leader of OneBC as of Monday afternoon, though her name and bio were removed from the party’s official website.
Without two MLAs in the legislature, OneBC would not meet the threshold for official party status.
Kealy does not appear ready to rejoin OneBC to meet that threshold, saying in a statement Monday he remains committed to sitting as an Independent.
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