Rawlson O'Neil King is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Ottawa City Council in a by-election on April 15,2019 and re-elected October 24,2022.
13 Facts About Rawlson King
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Rawlson King's parents were teachers from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and his father was born in Aruba.
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Rawlson King served as president of the Overbrook Community Association, a board member at the Rideau-Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre, and co-chair of the Ottawa Police Service Community Equity Council before his election to Council.
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Rawlson King won a United Way Ottawa Community Builder of the Year Award in 2018.
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Rawlson King succeeded Tobi Nussbaum as councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward in the 2019 Rideau-Rockcliffe municipal by-election.
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Rawlson King had previously run in Rideau-Rockcliffe in the 2010 municipal election and ran for a trustee seat on the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in the 2018 municipal election.
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Once elected, Rawlson King identified his priorities as developing a poverty reduction strategy for impoverished neighbourhoods; working to improve roads, public transit and social services; and improving the relationship of people of colour with the police.
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Rawlson King served on the boards of Crime Prevention Ottawa, Ottawa Community Housing Corporation, Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation and Quartier Vanier BIA.
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Rawlson King was formerly on the Ottawa Police Services Board, before resigning in protest following the removal of board chair Diane Deans in the wake of Ottawa "Freedom Convoy".
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Rawlson King was re-elected in a landslide victory in 2022 with over 80 percent of the popular vote in a four-person field and a 72 percent margin of victory.
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Rawlson King was appointed to the boards of Ottawa Public Health, the Ottawa Public Library and Quartier Vanier BIA.
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Rawlson King was reappointed Council Liaison for the City's Anti-Racism and Ethnocultural Relations Initiatives, leading the implementation of the City of Ottawa's Anti-Racism Strategy.
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Rawlson King endorsed Yasir Naqvi in his candidacy for leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election.