Mayor Martin Ritsma
Stratford Mayor - ON
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CLC rating: Position unknown
Rating Comments: The candidate has not yet responded to CLC's 2022 municipal election survey, so their views on our issues are not yet known. This candidate has not yet responded to CLC's 2026 municipal survey, so their views on our issues are still unknown. It is notable that Ritsma also did not respond to our 2022 questionnaire when he ran for mayor.
Percentage in last election: 37.8% (2022)
Victory margin last election: 3.0% (2022)
Religion / Faith: unknown
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Parliamentary Office
The City of Stratford
P.O. Box 818
Stratford, Ontario
N5A 6W1
Tel: 519-271-0250 Ext. 5234
Here is Martin Ritsma's voting record relating to life and family issues:
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Martin Ritsma on Aug. 17, 2026.
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| 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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