What Elections BC confirmed

Elections BC says the proponent was required to collect 15,232 eligible signatures, equal to the statutory threshold for this petition. The proponent reported submitting 3,663 signatures collected by 118 registered canvassers.

Because the number returned did not meet the required threshold, Elections BC says it will take no further action on the petition. That means there is no recall success and no recall-triggered by-election from this petition.

The numbers should be stated carefully. The 3,663 figure is the proponent-reported submitted total, not a claimed valid-signature total. The public result is that the petition failed for insufficient signatures.

The supporter takeaway

This is a major democratic stress test passed in public. Dallas Brodie faced a live recall campaign in her riding, the official administrator applied the rules, and the campaign came in well short of the threshold. Supporters do not need to exaggerate that result. The facts are strong enough.

• Do say: Elections BC says the petition failed because it did not collect enough signatures.
• Do say: 15,232 eligible signatures were required and the proponent reported submitting 3,663.
• Do say: Elections BC will take no further action on this petition.
• Do not say: anything about membership numbers, polling, hidden motives, or broader vote totals unless separately verified.

Why this strengthens Brodie’s lane

The recall result gives Dallas Brodie and OneBC a clean accountability message: courage can survive organized pressure when voters are allowed to judge the whole record. Brodie has kept property rights, democratic reform, public safety, taxpayer accountability, and government transparency on the table even when the debate was heated.

Now the best next move is not triumphalism. It is service. Keep answering constituents. Keep publishing receipts. Keep pressing the NDP on costs, housing, DRIPA, public order, and democratic process. A failed recall is not the end of the argument — it is permission to keep making it clearly.

Next dates to track

Elections BC says the recall proponent, MLA, and advertising sponsors must file financial disclosure reports with the Chief Electoral Officer by August 17, 2026. That is the next official accountability marker on this file.

Elections BC also notes that 31 recall petitions have been issued since the Recall and Initiative Act came into force in 1995, and none have met the Act’s requirements. That context matters: recall is deliberately difficult, and official thresholds — not online noise — decide the outcome.