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| Chief Opposition Whip | |
| Assumed office May 7, 2025 | |
| Leader | Pierre Poilievre |
| Preceded by | Kerry-Lynne Findlay |
| Member of Parliament forGrande Prairie Grande Prairie-Mackenzie (2015–2025) Peace River (2006-2015) | |
| Assumed office January 23, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Charlie Penson |
| Deputy Chief Opposition Whip Conservative Party Question Period Coordinator | |
| In office September 13, 2022 – May 7, 2025 | |
| Chief whip | Kerry-Lynne Findlay |
| 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 |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs | |
| In office June 23, 2011 – February 18, 2015 | |
| Minister | John Duncan Bernard Valcourt |
| Preceded by | Bruce Stanton |
| Succeeded by | Blake Richards |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1978-11-20)November 20, 1978 (age 47) Grande Prairie,Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Michelle Warkentin |
| Residence(s) | Grande Prairie,Alberta |
| Profession | construction executive |
Christopher WarkentinMP (born November 20, 1978) is a Canadian businessman and politician. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding ofGrande Prairie since his victory in the2006 federal election.
Warkentin was born inGrande Prairie and raised on the family farm east of Grande Prairie, near the Hamlet ofDeBolt in theMD of Greenview.[1] He is an alumnus of thePeace River Bible Institute, and also studied business and marketing atGrande Prairie Regional College before going on to own and operate a custom home building company. He has served on the board of his localConservative constituency association and was involved with theReform Party of Canada and theCanadian Alliance.
Warkentin was elected to theHouse of Commons of Canada as aConservative Party of Canada candidate in the riding ofPeace River in the2006 federal election, and was re-elected in that same riding in2008 and2011. Following the redistribution of seats before the2015 federal election, he was re-elected and currently serves as the Member of Parliament for the new riding ofGrande 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 theAboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Committee from 2011 to 2015. In February 2015, Warkentin was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to theMinister of Public Works and Government Services Canada,Diane Finley. Following the defeat of the Conservative government inOctober 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.
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Grande Prairie | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Rhinoceros | Donovan Eckstrom | |||||||
| Independent | Elliot McDavid | |||||||
| People's | Shawn McLean | |||||||
| Liberal | Maureen Mcleod | |||||||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Villebrun | |||||||
| Conservative | Chris Warkentin | |||||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[2] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Grande Prairie—Mackenzie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -10.4 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +6.12 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -7.34 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 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 | – | – | |||||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -14.2 | ||||||
