Editing Harold Neufeld (section)

== Career ==
Neufeld began a public practice as a [[Chartered Accountant]] in 1954, and was a member of the Chartered Accountants of Manitoba.

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the [[1986 Manitoba general election|1986 provincial election]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]], losing to incumbent [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|New Democrat]] [[Vic Schroeder]] by 527 votes in the north-end [[Winnipeg]] riding of [[Rossmere]].  In the [[1988 Manitoba general election|1988 election]], with NDP support falling throughout the province, he was able to defeat Schroeder by 526 votes in a rematch.<ref name=votes>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rossmere-1.1025335 |title=Rossmere |work=Manitoba |publisher=CBC News |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>

Neufeld was appointed [[Minister of Innovation, Energy and Mines (Manitoba)|Minister of Energy and Mines]] with responsibility for the [[Manitoba Hydro|Manitoba Hydro Act]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Canadian parliamentary guide|year=1991|publisher=P.G. Normandin|pages=588|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhiJAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Harold+Neufeld%22+mines|author=A. Léopold Normandin|isbn=9780921925408 |accessdate=2 December 2010}}</ref> and [[Minister responsible for Seniors (Manitoba)|Seniors]] on May 9, 1988.  He was relieved of the latter responsibility on April 21, 1989.<ref name=members/>  He was re-elected by an increased margin in the [[1990 Manitoba general election|1990 provincial election]].<ref name=votes/>

Neufeld stepped down from his cabinet position on January 14, 1992, and resigned from the legislature on May 12, 1993.<ref name=members/>  There are suggestions that Neufeld resigned as a matter of principle, disturbed by the dubious methods used by the Filmon government to conceal its [[deficit spending]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schellenberg |first=Harry |date=December 6, 1994 |title=Manitoba Hansard |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/hansard/35th_6th/hansardpdf/6.pdf}}</ref>

A lifelong [[Mennonite]],<ref name=menn/> Neufeld joined the executive of [[Menno Simons College]] and became chair of the [[Menno Simons College Foundation]] after his retirement from the legislature.