Mayor/Candidate Profile

Mayor David West

Richmond Hill - ON

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Not Supportable
CLC rating: Pro-LGBT ideology, Anti-parental rights
Rating Comments: On Nov. 14, 2023, David West attacked Pierre Poilievre (without naming him) for stating at a campaign rally that: "Justin Trudeau does not have the right to impose his radical gender ideology on our kids and on our schools.”.

He also attacked his fellow Council member, the deputy mayor at the time, for applauding and nodding in approval after Poilievre made the statement.
Position: Mayor
Percentage in last election: 70.2% (2022)
Victory margin last election: 44.6% (2022)
Religion / Faith: unknown

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Parliamentary Office
City of Richmond Hill
225 East Beaver Creek Road
Richmond Hill, Ontario
L4B 3P4
Tel: 905-771-8800 Ext. 2480
Fax: 905-771-2500
Constituency Offices
225 East Beaver Creek Road
Richmond Hill, Ontario
L4B 3P4
Tel: 905-771-8800 Ext. 2480
Fax: 905-771-2500

Here is David West's voting record relating to life and family issues:

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Here are quotes from David West on various life and family issues:

West promoted LGBT ideology and criticized a fellow councillor for applauding Pierre Poilievre's statement against LGBT indoctrination in schools:  "I want to assure everyone that lives in Richmond Hill that our council believes it is important to create safe and inclusive spaces for all members of the LGBTQ2IA+ community and for all residents. I encourage all members of council, including deputy mayor Chan, to better educate themselves and invite organizations like Pflag to come in and meet with them so they can better understand the issues their members face on a daily basis and what they can do to be better allies.” ["Richmond Hill Deputy Mayor Godwin Chan’s apology ‘not enough,’ says Pflag York Region", YorkRegion.com, Nov. 14, 2023]

Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by David West on August 8, 2022.

Question Response
Organizations like Planned Parenthood (PP) routinely counsel women to have abortions. 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? No response
Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? No response
Do you consider yourself pro-life or pro-choice? No response
There has been a move in some municipal jurisdictions to pass bylaws which establish censorship zones, also called “bubble zones”, around abortion facilities. These unconstitutional censorship zones make it illegal to express peaceful pro-life speech, including silent prayer, on taxpayer-owned public sidewalks within the vicinity of abortion facilities and pharmacies which dispense abortion pills. If elected, would you vote to oppose such a censorship bylaw? No response

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