{"id":23698,"date":"2021-09-21T23:37:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T02:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=23698"},"modified":"2021-09-21T23:37:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T02:37:38","slug":"blois-appreciative-of-kings-hants-voters-trust-with-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=23698","title":{"rendered":"Blois appreciative of Kings-Hants voters trust with re-election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;133&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENFIELD: <\/strong>A strong team and willingness to listen to constituents is being credited by the newly re-elected MP-elect for Kings-Hants as leading to a second term in Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kody Blois defeated challenges from four other candidates\u2014Conservative Mark Parent; NDP\u2019s Stephen Schneider; The People Party\u2019s Steven Ford; and Sheila Richardson of the Green Party\u2014in the Sept. 20 federal election. He had 20, 145 votes cast for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blois entered Shooters Bar &amp; Grill in Enfield on Sept. 20 at about 9:45 p.m. to loud cheers from the close to 60 people who had gathered at a viewing party of the election night results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About a half hour after arriving and as his lead crept up past the 1,000 mark, Blois got up on stage to give a speech and thanks to his campaign team, supporters that were there and those that couldn\u2019t be, and of course his fianc\u00e9e Kim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThirty-five days ago I said to Kimberley \u2018hey babe, I\u2019ll see you in 35 days,\u2019\u201d he said to a chuckle and applause from the crowd. \u201cBut when you have someone as understanding as my fianc\u00e9e it allows me to pursue my passion. Thank you Kim.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liberal Kody Blois re-elected in Kings-Hants\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YZURrnP_Mvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Blois being declared the winner, he sat down with The Laker News for a video interview. The full interview can be seen above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belnan born Blois said the outcome had yet to hit him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt hasn\u2019t obviously sunk in yet,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m happy with the outcome. As I said in my speech, politics is like life. You need good people in your corner. I\u2019m very fortunate to have the best team around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnyone that gets into public life doesn\u2019t do it alone. You need good people around you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said at the end of the day he has a job to do with whatever government looks like. (This was asked before it became official that the Liberals would form a minority government)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy job is to represent the people of Kings-Hants regardless of what happens across the country,\u201d said Blois.&nbsp; \u201cThat\u2019s a job I take seriously.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_6958-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23700\"\/><figcaption>Kody Blois talks with friends and supporters at his viewing party at Shooters. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Blois is proud to have the support of all those who voted for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe it\u2019s an affirmation of the work we\u2019ve done over the past two years,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a good team (at my office) that tries to do their best to help serve people every day. I hope tonight\u2019s result is a bit of an indication that people are pleased with the work they\u2019ve seen from me as an MP.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservative candidate Mark Parent finished second with 13,182 votes, almost 7,000 behind Blois. He was disappointed in the outcome, but proud of the efforts of his team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cClearly, I am disappointed in the result but very proud of the campaign effort which me and my team managed to mount,\u201d said Parent on Sept. 21. \u201cIt is disconcerting, however, that this unnecessary election was called; the most expensive in Canadian history and the results are almost exactly the same as before the writ was dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis should give everyone pause.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked why the Conservative platform didn\u2019t resonate with enough in Kings-Hants to send him to Ottawa, he maintains it\u2019s a good platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndeed, I\u2019m not convinced that it was not the platform that did not resonate with voters in Kings-Hants but rather the fact that Canadian politics, on the federal level, has become regionalized with the Maritimes feeling that our economic well being is tied to central Canada,\u201d he said. \u201cThis regionalization bodes ill for the future stability of our country, which is one of the reasons why I ran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am proud to be a Canadian and unless we figure how to pull the country together and learn to be proud of who we are, our national future will not be bright.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wished Blois well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NDP\u2019s Stephen Schneider was third with 8,610 votes; the People Party\u2019s Steven Ford had 1,938 votes while Sheila Richardson with the Green Party finished last with 938 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, 44,813 Kings-Hants residents who were eligible to vote\u2014or just over 62 per cent\u2014cast a ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;133&#8243;] ENFIELD: A strong team and willingness to listen to constituents is being credited by the newly re-elected MP-elect for Kings-Hants as leading to a second term in Ottawa. 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