- Harold Neufeld
Harold Neufeld (born
October 10 ,1927 in Altona,Manitoba ) is apolitician in Manitoba,Canada . He was a member of theLegislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993, and a cabinet minister in the government ofGary Filmon from 1988 to 1992.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 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative, losing to incumbent New Democrat
Vic Schroeder by 527 votes in the north-end Winnipeg riding of Rossmere. In the 1988 election, with NDP support falling throughout the province, he was able to defeat Schroeder by 526 votes in a rematch.Neufeld was appointed Minister of Energy and Mines with responsibility for the Manitoba Hydro Act and Seniors on
May 9 ,1988 . He was relieved of the latter responsibility onApril 21 ,1989 . He was re-elected by an increased margin in the 1990 provincial election.Neufeld stepped down from his cabinet position on
January 14 ,1992 , and resigned from the legislature onMay 12 ,1993 . 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.A lifelong
Mennonite , Neufeld joined the executive ofMenno Simons College and became chair of theMenno Simons College Foundation after his retirement from the legislature.
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