{"id":23684,"date":"2021-09-21T01:39:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T04:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=23684"},"modified":"2021-09-21T01:39:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T04:39:55","slug":"studentvote-kings-hants-students-select-blois-as-mp-ahead-of-ndps-schneider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=23684","title":{"rendered":"StudentVote: Kings-Hants students select Blois as MP ahead of NDP&#8217;s Schneider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KINGS-HANTS:<\/strong> Kody Blois was the choice of students across Kings-Hants in the StudentVote mock election that ran parallel to the federal election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Results of the student election were released upon all polls in Canada closing. Students selected a Liberal minority government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Student Vote Program was created by the non-partisan organization CIVIX Canada,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In East Hants, the NDP did have support from some students, but overall it was Blois winning East Hants on his way to being the choice for all Kings-Hants students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Elmsdale District school, students chose NDP\u2019s Stephen Schneider as their MP with 26 votes. Blois was second at 19; Mark Parent of the Conservative\u2019s 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green Party\u2019s Sheila Richardson had five votes, while the People Party\u2019s Steven Ford had one vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students at Hants East Rural High gave Blois a 102 vote win over Schneider (222 to 120) if they could vote. Parent was third at 111 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richardson was fourth with 41 votes, six ahead of Ford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Uniacke District School in Mount Uniacke, Blois won by one vote over Parent 11-10 of the 35 votes from students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other votes went to Richardson with six; while four each went to Ford and Schneider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights of two other high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Horton High, they chose Schneider as their MP with 123 votes and Blois at 121.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parent had 84 votes; Richardson 46; and Ford with 29 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Central Kings High, Schneider won votes from 115 students; while Parent was at 106 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blois was third with 89; Ford at 50 votes; and Richardson at 32 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For students at Northeast Kings Education Centre, Schneider was their choice with 75 votes and Parent at 52 votes. Blois had 26 votes; Richardson 25 votes; and Ford at 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the results by looking for Kings-Hants: https:\/\/studentvote.ca\/results\/district_results\/38\/6\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;133&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;] KINGS-HANTS: Kody Blois was the choice of students across Kings-Hants in the StudentVote mock election that ran parallel to the federal election. Results of the student election were released upon all polls in Canada closing. Students selected a Liberal minority government. 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