He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993,[1][2] and a cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1992.
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.
[3] Neufeld was appointed Minister of Energy and Mines with responsibility for the Manitoba Hydro Act[4] and Seniors on May 9, 1988.
[1] 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.