Kody Blois

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] Blois is currently the Chair of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Foods.^[5] After Mark Carney became Prime Minister, Blois became the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development.^[6]

The Honourable Kody Blois PC MP
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development
Incumbent
Assumed office March 14, 2025
Prime Minister	Mark Carney
Preceded by	Lawrence MacAulay (Agriculture and Agri-Food) Gudie Hutchings (Rural Economic Development)
Member of Parliament for Kings—Hants
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Scott Brison
Personal details
Born	(1991-01-17) January 17, 1991 (age 34) 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 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.^[7][8]

Electoral record

v t e 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[9]

v t e 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[10]