Kody Blois, the Nova Scotia MP from Kings-Hants, received the appointment from Prime Minister Mark Carney and was sworn in on March 14.
Blois took the ag portfolio from Lawrence MacAulay, who recently announced his retirement from politics. Blois also absorbed the rural development file from Gudie Hutchings, who on Jan. 9 announced she wasn’t running in the next federal election.
As of June, Blois is the Parliamentary Secretary to the prime minister.