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 of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[3][4] Kody is currently the Chair of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Foods [5]
Kody Blois | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Kings—Hants | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Brison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 17, 1991 Belnan, Nova Scotia, Canada[1] |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Residence | Belnan, Nova Scotia[2] |
| Profession | Lawyer |
In May 2022, Blois was the only Liberal MP to support the opposition motion Bill C-234, which seeks 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.[6][7]
Electoral record
edit| 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[8] | ||||||||
| 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[9] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Kody Blois career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "UPDATE: Liberal Kody Blois wins Kings-Hants election race". Annapolis County Spectator. October 21, 2019. Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "Hants County's Kody Blois chosen as Kings-Hants Liberal candidate for upcoming federal election". Truro News. May 13, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/kody-blois(104555)#roles, Parliament of Canada, Retrieved Nov 13, 2022
- ^ "C-234 (44-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada". www.parl.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ Taylor-Vaisey, Nick; Forrest, Maura. "Ottawa Playbook". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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