Photo: Eric.stewart · CC BY-SA 4.0Kody Blois (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Kings—Hants, the riding that includes Kings County, Subdivision D
Kings County, Subdivision D’s riding for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly isn’t shown: no open file of the province’s riding boundaries could be found. For local government, Kings County, Subdivision D is a subdivision of county municipality. Who leads Kings County, Subdivision D’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in Nova Scotia. Across Nova Scotia, 11 of the 11 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Kings County, Subdivision D, a subdivision of county municipality in Nova Scotia, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
nslegislature.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Kings County, Subdivision D has no upper-tier council: Kings, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Kings County, Subdivision D, from the most recent elections.
- 1Kings County, Subdivision D councilSubdivision of county municipality
- 2Nova Scotia House of Assembly–
- 3House of CommonsKings—Hants
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Kings County, Subdivision D votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Kings County, Subdivision D council | 19 October 2024 | 21 October 2028 |
| Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 26 November 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use. The council elected on 19 October 2024 serves until 21 October 2028, when Kings County, Subdivision D council is chosen again. It is the third Saturday in October every four years, as the Municipal Elections Act provides. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on 26 November 2024.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
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Kody Blois represents Kings—Hants in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Kings—Hants · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2019
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada11
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Mapped onto today’s Kings—Hants, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 44%; in 2025 Kody Blois kept the seat in the same hands. Kody Blois has sat in the Commons since 2019, now for the 3rd Parliament.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
In 2021, Kings—Hants re-elected Kody Blois of the Liberal Party of Canada
Kings—Hants as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Kody Blois won the 2021 race in Kings—Hants for the Liberal Party of Canada, polling 45% and beating Mark Parent (Conservative Party of Canada) by 6,958 votes. 43% had elected Kody Blois there in 2019.
All 5 candidates in Kings—Hants, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kody Blois | Liberal Party of Canada | 20,192 | 44.9% |
| Mark Parent | Conservative Party of Canada | 13,234 | 29.4% |
| Stephen Schneider | New Democratic Party | 8,645 | 19.2% |
| Steven Ford | People's Party of Canada | 1,945 | 4.3% |
| Sheila G. Richardson | Green Party of Canada | 940 | 2.1% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Kings County, Subdivision D is run
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- Who holds each seat. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
- Not on this page. Band councils, municipal budgets and party control are left out; most councils sit without parties anyway.
- Election results. Ridings changed in 2023: the 2019 and 2021 results are on the old map, and the 2021 vote on today’s map is Elections Canada’s own estimate from polling divisions.
Questions about how Kings County, Subdivision D is run
Who is the MP for Kings County, Subdivision D?
Kings—Hants’s MP, Kody Blois of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents Kings County, Subdivision D.
Which party won Kings County, Subdivision D in the 2021 federal election?
Kody Blois (Liberal Party of Canada) took Kings—Hants in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MLA for Kings County, Subdivision D?
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of Kings County, Subdivision D has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Kings County, Subdivision D?
Ask the municipality itself: Kings County, Subdivision D, a subdivision of county municipality, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).