Why Dallas Brodie Is Backing Yuri Fulmer: The Business Turnaround Case for B.C.

May 23, 2026 · iVoteOneBC research desk

Dallas Brodie’s endorsement of Yuri Fulmer is not just about one leadership ballot. Her case is that British Columbia needs a business-minded turnaround leader — someone who understands finances, can manage large organizations, and is willing to do the heavy lifting required to defeat David Eby’s NDP.

BC Conservative members now have a clear choice in front of them. In a May 23 video, Dallas Brodie publicly asked members to rank Yuri Fulmer first, arguing that he is the candidate best positioned to unite the right, protect OneBC’s priorities, and build a serious anti-NDP governing alternative.

Her message is direct: this leadership race is bigger than one party, one candidate, or one campaign. In Brodie’s view, the question is whether conservatives in British Columbia finally come together — or whether vote-splitting hands David Eby’s NDP another term.

That is why Brodie says she endorsed Fulmer and signed the Unite the Right Accord with him. Public reporting on the agreement says that if Fulmer wins the BC Conservative leadership, OneBC would stand down in 88 of 93 ridings, while the Conservatives would step aside in five targeted districts.

Yuri Fulmer is best known in British Columbia as a business leader, entrepreneur, philanthropist, university chancellor, and community-builder.

Capilano University describes Fulmer’s business background as beginning with the purchase of a single A&W franchise. From there, he built a portfolio that grew into nearly three dozen franchises and later ownership and investment through Fulmer & Company in sectors including hospitality, business-to-business services, manufacturing, construction, digital technology, and consumer services.

He is chair of Fulmer & Company, chancellor of Capilano University, and chair of the Worldwide Board of Trustees of United Way Worldwide. He has also been involved in civic and philanthropic work connected to Goodly Foods Society, the Fulmer Foundation, and multiple non-profit, education, arts, and community organizations.

His public honours include the Order of British Columbia, the BC Community Achievement Award, Canada’s Top Forty Under 40, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, the King Charles III Coronation Medal, the Spirit of Vancouver Award, and other community and business recognitions.

Brodie’s argument for Fulmer is practical. She says British Columbia is not facing a normal political management problem — it is facing what she calls a business turnaround situation of catastrophic proportions.

That framing matters. A turnaround leader has to read the books, make hard decisions, set priorities, cut waste, rebuild morale, manage teams, and stay focused under pressure. Brodie’s case is that Fulmer’s background maps onto that job better than a conventional political résumé.

In her endorsement video, Brodie highlights four skills in particular:

1. Financial discipline — she says Fulmer understands finances, which is essential for a province facing affordability pressure, debt concerns, and stretched public services.
2. Large-organization management — she argues that running and investing across multiple businesses, and serving in major board roles, gives him experience managing complex organizations.
3. Heavy-lift work ethic — she describes the job ahead as a “6 a.m. to midnight” effort for years, requiring stamina and seriousness.
4. Unity strategy — she says Fulmer is the only candidate with whom OneBC has signed a real accord to avoid splitting the conservative vote.

That is the core of the Brodie endorsement: Fulmer is not being sold as a career politician. He is being presented as a builder — someone who has grown businesses, chaired boards, worked with charities, handled budgets, and earned trust across civic institutions.

The most important political question is not whether every conservative voter agrees on every issue. They will not. The test is whether the right can build enough discipline to defeat the NDP.

Brodie’s message is that Fulmer provides the clearest path to that discipline. She says he has the backbone to protect the conservative movement, defend property rights, restore safety, make B.C. freer, and bring common sense back to Victoria.

For OneBC supporters, the point is straightforward: if Fulmer wins, the accord becomes a real strategic pathway. If he loses, there is no automatic guarantee that another BC Conservative leader will respect OneBC voters, OneBC priorities, or the movement Brodie is building.

That is why this endorsement matters. It is not just a leadership-race preference. It is a strategic decision about whether British Columbia’s right-of-centre voters can stop fighting each other long enough to defeat the NDP.