Chris Warkentin MP (born November 20, 1978) is a businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament from Alberta, Canada. He was first elected in 2006.
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| Deputy Chief Opposition Whip Conservative Party Question Period Coordinator | |
| Assumed office September 13, 2022 | |
| Leader | Pierre Poilievre |
| Preceded by | Eric Duncan (As QP Coordinator) James Bezan (As Deputy Whip) |
| Official Opposition Critic for Agriculture | |
| In office November 20, 2015 – September 14, 2016 | |
| Leader | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Allen |
| Succeeded by | David Anderson |
| Member of Parliament for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie Peace River (2006-2015) | |
| Assumed office January 23, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Charlie Penson |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs | |
| In office 23 June 2011 – 18 February 2015 | |
| Minister | John Duncan Bernard Valcourt |
| Preceded by | Bruce Stanton |
| Succeeded by | Blake Richards |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 20, 1978 Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Michelle Warkentin |
| Residence(s) | Grande Prairie, Alberta |
| Profession | construction executive |
Personal life
editWarkentin was born in Grande Prairie and raised on the family farm east of Grande Prairie, near the Hamlet of DeBolt in the MD of Greenview.[1] He is an alumnus of the Peace River Bible Institute, and also studied business and marketing at Grande Prairie Regional College before going on to own and operate a custom home building company. He has served on the board of his local Conservative constituency association and was involved with the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance.
Political career
editWarkentin was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the riding of Peace River in the 2006 federal election, and was re-elected in that same riding in 2008 and 2011. Following the redistribution of seats before the 2015 federal election, he was re-elected and currently serves as the Member of Parliament for the new riding of Grande Prairie-Mackenzie. Warkentin has won every election he has contested with more than 56% of the vote, and a margin of more than 36 percentage points over the runner-up.
Warkentin served as the Chair of the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Committee from 2011 to 2015. In February 2015, Warkentin was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Diane Finley. Following the defeat of the Conservative government in October 2015, Warkentin was appointed Official Opposition Critic for Agriculture. In September 2016, a shadow cabinet shuffle moved Warkentin to the role of Official Opposition Deputy House Leader.
Electoral record
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election: Grande Prairie—Mackenzie | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris Warkentin | 36,361 | 68.4 | -15.6 | $41,519.91 | |||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Villebrun | 6,462 | 12.2 | +5.2 | $841.79 | |||
| People's | Shawn McLean | 5,411 | 10.2 | +7.8 | $15,893.10 | |||
| Liberal | Dan Campbell | 2,397 | 4.5 | -0.3 | $0.00 | |||
| Maverick | Ambrose Ralph | 2,195 | 4.1 | — | $24,544.01 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Donovan Eckstrom | 314 | 0.6 | — | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,140 | – | – | $140,613.53 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 315 | 0.59 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,455 | 64.4 | -8.0 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,950 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -10.4 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[2][3] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Grande Prairie—Mackenzie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris Warkentin | 51,198 | 84.0 | +11.09 | $39,732.27 | |||
| New Democratic | Erin Alyward | 4,245 | 7.0 | -1.14 | $1,284.64 | |||
| Liberal | Kenneth Munro | 2,910 | 4.8 | -9.86 | $1,675.64 | |||
| People's | Douglas Gordon Burchill | 1,492 | 2.4 | - | $4,216.22 | |||
| Green | Shelley Termuende | 1,134 | 1.9 | -1.24 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,979 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 314 | |||||||
| Turnout | 61,293 | 72.38 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 84,688 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.12 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Grande Prairie—Mackenzie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris Warkentin | 38,895 | 72.91 | -3.21 | $47,450.74 | |||
| Liberal | Reagan Johnston | 7,819 | 14.66 | +11.48 | $7,280.10 | |||
| New Democratic | Saba Mossagizi | 4,343 | 8.14 | -7.26 | $13,165.14 | |||
| Green | James David Friesen | 1,673 | 3.14 | -0.62 | $2,768.22 | |||
| Libertarian | Dylan Thompson | 613 | 1.15 | – | $120.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,343 | 100.00 | $269,305.37 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 158 | 0.30 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 53,501 | 66.45 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,511 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -7.34 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Peace River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris Warkentin | 36,334 | 75.76 | +6.25 | $103,279 | |||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Villebrun | 7,740 | 16.14 | +1.73 | $23,470 | |||
| Green | Wayne John Kamieniecki | 1,702 | 3.55 | -3.14 | $1,379 | |||
| Liberal | Corina Ganton | 1,481 | 3.09 | -4.68 | $5,605 | |||
| Independent | Russ Toews | 359 | 0.75 | – | $204 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Donovan Eckstrom | 345 | 0.72 | – | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,961 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.27 | -0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,089 | 49.70 | +4.99 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 96,759 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 3.99 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Peace River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris Warkentin | 29,550 | 69.51 | +12.54 | $48,906 | |||
| New Democratic | Adele Boucher Rymhs | 6,124 | 14.41 | +3.28 | $19,142 | |||
| Liberal | Liliane Coutu-Maisonneuve | 3,303 | 7.77 | +5.51 | $8,462 | |||
| Green | Jennifer Villebrun | 2,843 | 6.69 | +4.43 | $1,612 | |||
| Canadian Action | Edwin Siggelkow | 373 | 0.88 | – | $4,711 | |||
| Libertarian | Mélanie Simard | 316 | 0.74 | – | $1,312 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,509 | 100.00 | $118,949 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 129 | 0.30 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,638 | 44.71 | -10.0 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.63 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Peace River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris Warkentin | 27,785 | 56.97 | -8.15 | $61,636 | |||
| Independent | Bill Given | 9,882 | 20.26 | – | $101,905 | |||
| New Democratic | Susan Thompson | 5,427 | 11.13 | +0.02 | $20,836 | |||
| Liberal | Tanya Kappo | 4,573 | 9.38 | -9.58 | $4,298 | |||
| Green | Zane Lewis | 1,102 | 2.26 | -2.53 | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 48,769 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 113 | 0.23 | -0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,882 | 54.7 | +1.0 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -14.2 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "Chris Warkentin, Member of Parliament". MP Grande Prairie-Mackenzie. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Grande Prairie—Mackenzie (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 22, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine