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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Chris Warkentin MP
Deputy Chief Opposition Whip Conservative Party Question Period Coordinator
Incumbent
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)
Incumbent
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	(1978-11-20) November 20, 1978 (age 45) Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Michelle Warkentin
Residence(s)	Grande Prairie, Alberta
Profession	construction executive

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Warkentin 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.

Warkentin 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.