Career
He easily defeated Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate Josip Juraj Cennon with 17,915 votes (almost 9,000 more than Cennon). As a politician, Funk was heavily involved in peace issues. Funk addressed the United Nations in 1990 on East Timor.
He was only the second Canadian Member of Parliament to do southern
In 1993, Funk tabled C-414, a bill that would have established a "Peace Fund" for taxpayers who did not want their money going to the military. The bill "died on the order paper" when the House of Commons was dissolved two days before debate was set to begin on the bill.
Funk made an unsuccessful run in 1997 to return to the House of Commons. Funk came in second in the new riding of Prince Albert.
He received 10,418 votes (317%), 2,090 votes behind Reform Party candidate Derek Konrad.
He ran again in Churchill River in the 2000 election. He was again unsuccessful, coming in third with 5,141 votes. In 2001, Funk supported Buckley Belanger in his unsuccessful run to lead the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party.
He also endorsed Bill Blaikie the NDP leadership election in 2003.
In 2005, he was a recipient of the Saskatchewan Centennial Meda