" Richard Neufeld" is a Senate of Canada/Canadian Senator for British Columbia. Before his appointment to the Senate, he was a British Columbia Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2008, serving as Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources in the cabinet of Gordon Campbell.

Neufeld was first elected to the legislative assembly in the British Columbia general election, 1991/1991 B.C. general election. He won the Peace River North riding as a member of the British Columbia Social Credit Party/Social Credit party. He received 5,758 votes (54.79% of total valid votes) in a field of five candidates. Neufeld defected to the Reform Party of British Columbia/BC Reform Party following the electoral collapse of the SoCreds.

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