Councillor Bill Tonita
Strathcona County (Sherwood Park), AB
Electoral District: Ward 4
Bio
CLC rating: Pro-lgbt ideology
Rating Comments: Has not yet responded to 2025 questionnaire. On September 14, 2019, Councillor Tonita voted to pass a reckless and draconain by-law that bans all forms of counseling that radical LGBT activists disingenuously define as "conversion therapy". The ban is likely to apply to all corporations, churches and non-profit associations within Stratchona County / Sherwood Park. This totalitarian ban now makes it illegal for people who experience unwanted gender identity confusion or same-sex attraction from being able to procure either clinical psychotherapy or spirtual counseling to overcome their unwanted condition or to leave the transsexual/gay lifestyle.
Councillor Tonita's vote is all the more shocking because he is a professed Catholic and his support for this unjust by-law is totally against Catholic Church teaching on human sexuality and morality.
Councillor Tonita's vote is all the more shocking because he is a professed Catholic and his support for this unjust by-law is totally against Catholic Church teaching on human sexuality and morality.
Position: Councillor
First elected (yyyy.mm.dd): 2017.10.16
Previous Occupation: Education administrator
Percentage in last election: 46.97% (2017)
Victory margin last election: 22.00% (2017)
Religion / Faith: Catholic
Contact
Parliamentary Office
Strathcona County Hall
2001 Sherwood Drive
Sherwood Park, Alberta
T8A 3W7
Tel: 780-464-8146
Fax: 780-464-8050 (general for County Hall)
Constituency Offices
2001 Sherwood Drive
Sherwood Park, Alberta
T8A 3W7
Tel: 780-464-8146
Fax: 780-464-8050 (general for County Hall)
Here is Bill Tonita's voting record relating to life and family issues:
| Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision | Vote | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Conversion Therapy Ban - Motion to draft a bylaw Council vote on taking away the right of people who experience UNWANTED gender identity confusion or homosexual attraction to be able to obtain clinical therapy or pastoral counseling to help them live according to their faith or to overcome the unwanted sexual feelings. |
Yes |  |
| Conversion Therapy Ban - 1st reading Council vote on taking away the right of people who experience UNWANTED gender identity confusion or homosexual attraction to be able to obtain clinical therapy or pastoral counseling to help them live according to their faith or to overcome the unwanted sexual feelings. |
Yes | |
| Conversion Therapy Ban - 2nd reading Council vote on taking away the right of people who experience UNWANTED gender identity confusion or homosexual attraction to be able to obtain clinical therapy or pastoral counseling to help them live according to their faith or to overcome the unwanted sexual feelings. |
Yes | |
| Conversion Therapy Ban - 3rd reading Council vote on taking away the right of people who experience UNWANTED gender identity confusion or homosexual attraction to be able to obtain clinical therapy or pastoral counseling to help them live according to their faith or to overcome the unwanted sexual feelings. |
Yes | |
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| Life & family issues voting score: | 0% | |
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Bill Tonita on Jul. 24, 2025.
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| 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? | 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, if it were ever proposed? | 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 |
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