Dave Epp is the Member of Parliament for Chatham-Kent Leamington. He was first elected in 2019 and then reelected in 2021. He is a third-generation Leamington farmer with a Bachelor of Theology, whose family farm grows processing vegetables and cash crops, and describes himself as a common-sense conservative. Since becoming a Member of Parliament, Dave has served as Deputy Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food as well as a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. Currently, he sits on the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.