Eby makes last-minute push in unexpected battleground Vancouver-Quilchena

Premier David Eby brought his campaign to Vancouver-Quilchena on Thursday, two days before the election, targeting a riding long dominated by the political right but now in play due to a fractured conservative vote.

Vancouver-Quilchena, a leafy-green wealthy neighbourhood, has been a bastion of B.C.'s right wing for decades, represented by former Liberal leaders Kevin Falcon, Andrew Wilkinson, and Gordon Campbell. Today it is held by Dallas Brodie, the OneBC Leader and former B.C. Conservative who was ejected from the Conservative Party and is now running as a far-right alternative.

The NDP's Callista Ryan is banking on that division. "We're pretty confident with the base that we have. But we also do anticipate a vote split between Dallas Brodie and Carson Binda," Ryan told the North Shore News. Binda, the B.C. Conservative candidate and a Canadian Taxpayers' Federation member, is fighting to reclaim what has traditionally been safe Conservative territory.

Polling analyst Mario Canseco says if Ryan holds the same vote share as 2024 (just over 38 per cent) and Brodie manages 10 to 12 per cent, the Conservatives could lose the seat. Binda dismissed that scenario, saying he has found little OneBC support on the doors. "Folks at the doors are overwhelmingly supportive of the Conservative Party of British Columbia, and that comes out in every conversation we have. To be quite honest with you, we've had a hard time identifying OneBC supporters in this riding."

Brodie's campaign has focused on property rights, arguing that Indigenous sovereignty gains have endangered homeowners. "The biggest thing facing Vancouver-Quilchena right now is the attack on the property rights of people in the riding," Brodie said, citing the Musqueam agreement with the federal government covering the entire riding. Ryan countered that the NDP's housing and affordability policies benefit residents, and noted that "a lot of neighbours are really frustrated with the way she's been, the way she's conducted herself in office." Binda's focus is narrower: "We need a tax code that makes British Columbia an affordable place to do business."