Councillor/Candidate Profile

Councillor Rawlson King

Ottawa - ON
Electoral District: Ward 13 - Rideau-Rockliffe

Bio

Rawlson King
Caution
CLC rating: Caution
Rating Comments: In 2010, Mr. King refused to say if he supports ending municipal subsidies to Planned Parenthood, the world's largest abortion provider.

On September 9, 2020, Ottawa City Council passed a biased and unjust Motion, co-sponsored by pro-LGBT members Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Catherine McKenney, to "formally denounce" the practice of Conversion Therapy and to urge higher levels of government to ban this helpful therapeutic practice. Conversion Therapy -- better described as Reparative Therapy -- is a form of traditional talk therapy designed to help individuals who request assistance to overcome unwanted gender identity confusion and same-sex attraction. Ottawa City Council's condemnation of such beneficial therapy demonstrates a totalitarian attitude that seeks to impose the LGBT agenda on everyone, and especially on children who are vulnerable to indoctrination through LGBT-pushing sex education in schools. The condemnation also presents an implicit and ominous threat to those who defend and teach key Christian principles on human sexuality, including public prayer and evangelization to call LGBT practitioners out of a sinful lifestyle. Although the reckless Motion passed unanimously, and all members of Council were in attendance at the meeting, it is unknown if Councillor King was actually in the chamber for the specific vote on the Motion itself, though that is extremely likely.

First elected (yyyy.mm.dd): 2019 (by-election)
Previous Occupation: Co-Chair, Ottawa Police Service Community Equity Council
Percentage in last election: 80.2% (2022); 18.36% (2019 by-election)
Victory margin last election: 72.1% (2022); 1.48% (2019 by-election)
Religion / Faith: unknown

Contact

Rawlson King
Parliamentary Office
Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1J1
Tel: 613-580-2483
Fax: 613-580-2523
Constituency Offices
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1J1
Tel: 613-580-2483
Fax: 613-580-2523

Here is Rawlson King's voting record relating to life and family issues:

Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision Vote Score
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Conversion Therapy - Motion to denounce the practice and to urge higher levels of government to ban it outright.
Council vote to denounce, in principle, the beneficial practice of “conversion therapy” - better described as Reparative Therapy - which is designed to help people experiencing UNWANTED gender identity confusion or homosexual attraction and who seek either clinical therapy or spiritual counselling to overcome their unwanted condition, or to live a chaste life that is more in harmony with their faith. The motion also calls upon higher levels of government to ban this helpful therapy altogether.
Unknown, but likely supports --

Here are quotes from Rawlson King on various life and family issues:

When asked whether he agreed that the City of Ottawa should stop giving taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the world, he avoided the question with the following bizarre answer:  "The Supreme Court of Canada has deemed abortion a criminal law matter that is within federal jurisdiction. Consequently, provincial legislatures and municipal councils have very little power to regulate abortion, even if done indirectly. Thus, the discussion on the law on abortion in Canada turns almost entirely around the state of criminal and is not a matter for consideration at the least senior levels of government." [response to CLC Ottawa questionnaire, Sep 23, 2010]

Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Rawlson King on 2022.

Question Response
Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? refused to answer
Do you consider yourself pro-life or pro-choice? refused to answer
Organizations like Planned Parenthood (PP) routinely counsel women to have abortions, and increasingly, are involved in dispensing the chemical abortion pill. Given that abortion is a controversial practice that many taxpayers in your municipality find abhorrent, do you agree that PP and similar “sexual health agencies" should not receive taxpayer funds through the municipality? refused to answer

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