The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 12008Nova Scotia

Kings—Hants

Kings—Hants is a federal riding in Nova Scotia. Kody Blois (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2019) represents Kings—Hants. Kody Blois (Liberal) held Kings—Hants for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 16,063 votes (27.2 points), with 60.6% of the vote. Joel Hirtle (Conservative) was second with 33.4%, on a turnout of 72.4% of 82,243 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Kings—Hants on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Kings—Hants

Kody Blois's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Kody Blois

Member of Parliament for Kings—Hants

Liberal

MP since 2019-10-21 · 3 terms

Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Exercise of Powers Under the Building Canada Act committee
Library of Parliament committee
Scrutiny of Regulations committee

243 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1.

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The 2025 result: Liberal hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Kings—Hants, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 59,179 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kody Blois	Liberal	35,836	60.6%
Joel Hirtle	Conservative	19,773	33.4%
Paul Doerr	New Democratic	2,154	3.6%
Karen Beazley	Green	825	1.4%
Alexander Cargill	People's Party	591	1.0%

Kody Blois (Liberal) won Kings—Hants on April 28, 2025 with 35,836 votes, 60.6% of the 59,179 valid votes. Joel Hirtle (Conservative) was second with 19,773 (33.4%), 16,063 votes and 27.2 points behind.

Of the 59,179 valid votes, Kody Blois (Liberal) took 60.6%, Joel Hirtle (Conservative) 33.4%, Paul Doerr (New Democratic) 3.6%, Karen Beazley (Green) 1.4% and Alexander Cargill (People's Party) 1.0%. Turnout was 72.4% of 82,243 electors: 59,567 ballots cast, 59,179 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 16.4 (44.2% to 60.6%), the Conservatives up 3.3 (30.1% to 33.4%), the New Democrats down 15.2 (18.8% to 3.6%), the Greens down 0.5 (1.9% to 1.4%) and the People's Party down 3.5 (4.5% to 1.0%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: held by the Liberals

The party first in Kings—Hants at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Liberal46.3%by 16.0 points over the Conservatives
2006Liberal45.1%by 12.4 points over the Conservatives
2008Liberal43.6%by 16.3 points over the Conservatives
2011†Liberal39.3%by 1.9 points over the Conservatives
2015Liberal70.1%by 51.0 points over the Conservatives
2019Liberal42.8%by 16.9 points over the Conservatives
2021Liberal44.2%by 14.1 points over the Conservatives
2025Liberal60.6%by 27.2 points over the Conservatives

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran. † The first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Liberal	46.3%	Conservative	16.0	carried, our estimate
2006	Liberal	45.1%	Conservative	12.4	carried, our estimate
2008	Liberal	43.6%	Conservative	16.3	carried, our estimate
2011†	Liberal	39.3%	Conservative	1.9	carried, our estimate
2015	Liberal	70.1%	Conservative	51.0	carried, our estimate
2019	Liberal	42.8%	Conservative	16.9	carried, our estimate
2021	Liberal	44.2%	Conservative	14.1	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Liberal	60.6%	Conservative	27.2	official result

The Liberals were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 19.5 points over the next party, short of the 20 a stronghold needs. In 2025 the Liberals took 60.6% of the vote here, 13.3 points above their average of 47.3% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Liberals were first here in 2004 (46.3%), 2006 (45.1%), 2008 (43.6%), 2011 (39.3%), 2015 (70.1%), 2019 (42.8%), 2021 (44.2%) and 2025 (60.6%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 23 of the 343 ridings are held without being strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2011 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025

2021 Liberal · Kody Blois, by 6,958 votes (15.5 pts)
2019 Liberal · Kody Blois, by 8,901 votes (18.5 pts)
2015 Liberal · Scott Brison, by 24,349 votes (52.1 pts)

In the old Kings—Hants on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Kings—Hants lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Kings—Hants is

Population: 95,1152021 census
Area: 5,815km²
Density: 16people per km²
Electors: 82,243on the 2025 lists

Median age is 47.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest47th highest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 4.7% — about 27 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest53rd lowest of 343
Median total household income is $71,000 — about 85 percent of the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest66th lowest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.5% — about 80 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest123rd lowest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.2% — about 75 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest126th lowest of 343
Share of households that own their home is 72.9% — about the same as the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest149th highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 93% of the 2025 electors in today's Kings—Hants lived in the old Kings—Hants; by area, 8% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

92.5%Kings—Hants 92.4% of the area

7.5%West Nova 7.6% of the area · 4% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Kody Blois	Liberal	35,836	60.6%	44.2%	+16.4
Joel Hirtle	Conservative	19,773	33.4%	30.1%	+3.3
Paul Doerr	New Democratic	2,154	3.6%	18.8%	−15.2
Karen Beazley	Green	825	1.4%	1.9%	−0.5
Alexander Cargill	People's	591	1.0%	4.5%	−3.5

The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin

2,154 votes

New Democratic took fewer than the 16,063-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

46 of 215

4 polls ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (165) · ■ won by another party (46) · ▨ tied (4).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 8,032 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 13.6% of the 59,179 valid votes, 13.6 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 0016,064

Liberal35,836

Conservative19,773

Still Liberal by 16,063 votes. Actual margin: 16,063.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 51.0% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Liberals took 54.1%, the Conservatives 38.2%, the New Democrats 4.6%, the Greens 1.8% and the People's Party 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 67.3%, 28.5%, 2.7%, 1.0% and 0.6%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Kings—Hants, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Liberal	54.1%	67.3%	+13.2
Conservative	38.2%	28.5%	−9.7
New Democratic	4.6%	2.7%	−1.9
Green	1.8%	1.0%	−0.8
People's Party	1.4%	0.6%	−0.8

An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Kings—Hants and its 5 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Kings—Hants — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/kings-hants/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.