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Kody Blois

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The Honourable
Kody Blois
PC MP
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development
In office
March 14, 2025 – May 13, 2025
Prime MinisterMark Carney
Preceded byLawrence MacAulay (Agriculture and Agri-Food)
Gudie Hutchings (Rural Economic Development)
Succeeded byHeath MacDonald (Agriculture and Agri-Food)
Buckley Belanger (Rural Economic Development)
Member of Parliament
for Kings—Hants
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byScott Brison
Personal details
Born (1991-01-17) January 17, 1991 (age 34)
Belnan, Nova Scotia, Canada[1]
Political partyLiberal Party of Canada
ResidenceBelnan, Nova Scotia[2]
ProfessionLawyer
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Kody Blois MP (born January 17, 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Kings—Hants in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election. After Mark Carney became Prime Minister, Blois became the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development in March 2025, and was dropped from the ministry on May 13, 2025, due to the cabinet reshuffle.

Early life and education

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Blois grew up in Belnan, Nova Scotia, in Hants County. He played ice hockey and was a draft pick for the Halifax Mooseheads.[3]

Blois was educated at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, graduating with an undergraduate degree in commerce. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor at Dalhousie University in 2018.[3]

Federal politics

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Blois was elected to represent the riding of Kings—Hants in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[4]

In May 2022, Blois was the only Liberal MP to support the opposition motion Bill C-234, which sought to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act by exempting natural gas and propane used by farmers to dry grain and heat barns from the federal carbon tax.[5]

After Mark Carney became Prime Minister, Blois became the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development in March 2025.[6]

Blois was reelected in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025 and dropped from the 30th Canadian Ministry on May 13, 2025, due to the cabinet reshuffle.[7]

Electoral record

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2025 Canadian federal election: Kings—Hants
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kody Blois 35,836 60.56 +16.16
Conservative Joel Hirtle 19,773 33.41 +3.17
New Democratic Paul Doerr 2,154 3.64 -15.26
Green Karen Beazley 825 1.39 -0.54
People's Alexander Cargill 591 1.00 -3.53
Total valid votes 59,179 99.35
Total rejected ballots 388 0.65 +0.11
Turnout 59,567 73.02 +10.78
Eligible voters 81,581
Liberal notional hold Swing +6.50
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.
2021 Canadian federal election: Kings—Hants
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Kody Blois 20,192 44.92 +1.61 $80,518.90
Conservative Mark Parent 13,234 29.44 +4.66 $54,740.13
New Democratic Stephen Schneider 8,645 19.23 +2.05 $13,834.66
People's Steven Ford 1,945 4.33 +2.69 $0.00
Green Sheila G. Richardson 940 2.09 -10.46 $4,644.16
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,956 100.00 – $107,126.60
Total rejected ballots 251
Turnout 45,207 63.42 -5.34
Registered voters 71,285
Liberal hold Swing -1.53
Source: Elections Canada[10]
2019 Canadian federal election: Kings—Hants
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Kody Blois 20,806 43.31 −27.43 $62,750.09
Conservative Martha MacQuarrie 11,905 24.78 +6.20 $48,454.21
New Democratic Stephen Schneider 8,254 17.18 +10.76 $28,020.03
Green Brogan Anderson 6,029 12.55 +9.19 $12,592.53
People's Matthew Southall 786 1.64 New $3,504.18
Rhinoceros Nicholas Tan 138 0.29 −0.11 none listed
Veterans Coalition Stacey Dodge 118 0.25 New $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,036 99.32   $101,328.14
Total rejected ballots 327 0.68 +0.25
Turnout 48,363 68.76 −1.00
Eligible voters 70,332
Liberal hold Swing −16.81
Source: Elections Canada[11]

References

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  1. ^ Kody Blois career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
  2. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Dowdall 2020.
  4. ^ Annapolis County Spectator (2019); Truro News (2019).
  5. ^ Parliament of Canada (2025); Politico (2023).
  6. ^ Tasker (2025).
  7. ^ Lévesque & Nardi 2025.
  8. ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  9. ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  10. ^ "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

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