Two More BC Conservative Walkouts Make OneBC’s Unity Discipline Harder to Ignore
September 3, 2026 · iVoteOneBC research desk
A week of caucus turmoil has turned the centre-right unity question from theory into a public stress test. New September 2 reporting says Donegal Wilson and Scott McInnis left the BC Conservative caucus to sit as Independents, and that Kerry-Lynne Findlay accepted the resignation of chief of staff Chris Delaney the same day.
What is verified
Global News reported that Wilson said she would sit as an Independent after losing confidence in Findlay’s leadership, and that McInnis also announced he would serve Columbia River-Revelstoke as an Independent. Global also reported that Delaney resigned minutes after the two MLA departures.
Canadian Press reporting carried by iNFOnews separately says McInnis became the ninth MLA to defect in less than three weeks, after Wilson, and that both cited concerns tied to Findlay’s leadership, reported Alberta separatist connections, staffing decisions, and ethical questions. The report also includes Findlay’s response that accusations against her and her team are baseless and part of a political attack.
OneBC’s official site has not announced a new event, candidate, membership count, caucus pact, merger, or riding allocation today. Its public pages continue to list Dallas Brodie as Vancouver–Quilchena MLA and interim leader, Jim McMurtry as the Delta South candidate, and no future event cards on the events page.
The supporter frame
The positive OneBC frame is not celebration over another party’s disorder. It is discipline.
Dallas Brodie’s most useful leadership lane right now is the one this site has tracked for weeks: speak plainly, demand receipts, avoid backroom fiction, and keep voter trust ahead of factional pressure. When multiple MLAs say they cannot support the direction of a leader, the serious question is not who can score a clip online. The serious question is who can build a broad, accountable alternative to the NDP without asking voters to ignore process, ethics, or evidence.
What should be tracked next
- Abbotsford-Mission: keep checking the official candidate list after nominations close September 5 and before final voting day September 26.
- Independent-lane coordination: watch for direct statements from Dallas Brodie, OneBC, Peter Milobar, Ian Paton, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, or any newly Independent MLA. Do not infer a deal from silence.
- Staffing and ethics claims: treat allegations as allegations unless police, court, party, or official public records establish more.
- Movement growth: update growth data only if OneBC publishes a membership, event, fundraising, polling, social, or candidate metric that can be sourced.