Career
A lawyer by profession, Brodie was elected to City Council in 1996 and again in 1999, as part of the centre-right Richmond Non-Partisan Association (RNPA). After the resignation of mayor Greg Halsey-Brandt, Brodie was elected mayor in a special by-election on October 29, 2001. He left his RNPA party, and now serves as an independent.
Brodie was re-elected by large margins in 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2014.
He is the second-longest serving mayor in Richmond"s history, next to Ruby Grauer, who served from 1930 to 1949. Brodie has played various roles in multiple organizations and committees, including Metro Vancouver Director since 2001, Chair of the Zero Waste Committee and Richmond"s General Purposes Committee, and vice-chair and trustee of the Municipal Finance Authority.
He served as Director Representative in the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (Translink) from 2002 to 2007 and Chair in 2006.
