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Harold John Neufeld
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Chartered accountant, MLA (1988-1990), MLA (1990-1993).
Born at Altona in 1927, one of five children of Isaac Neufeld (1892-1982) and Agatha Epp (1901-1996), his family moved to Winnipeg in 1939 where he attended Lord Kitchener School.
After playing semi-professional hockey for a couple of years, he completed grade 12 at the Mennonite Brethren Collegiate then began a five-year chartered accountancy program with the firm of Millar McDonald (later Deloitte), graduating in 1954. He worked for Trans-Canada Airways (Air Canada) for two years then opened his own accounting office on Henderson Highway. In 1960, he merged the firm with that of two classmates to establish Kelm Neufeld Gateson and Company. They merged in 1978 with Thorne Riddell (KPMG). He served as President of the Manitoba Institute of Chartered Accountants.
After being defeated as a Progressive Conservative candidate for Rossmere in the 1986 provincial general election, he was elected in 1988 and 1990. He served as Minister of Energy and Mines (1988-1992), Minister Responsible for the Manitoba Hydro Act (1988-1992), and Minister Responsible for Seniors (1988-1989). He resigned on 12 May 1993.
On 7 July 1951, he married Verdeen Marian Scott (1929-2026, daughter of Thomas L. Scott) at the Mennonite Brethren Church at 343 Edison Avenue in North Kildonan. They had two daughters. The family lived at 38 Rossmere Crescent (circa 1963). He was President of the Rossmere Golf and Country Club (1973-1976).
He died at Winnipeg on 12 July 2025.
“Engagements,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 June 1951, page 13.
Obituary [Isaac Neufeld], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 1982, page 56.
Canada Voters Lists 1935-1980, Ancestry.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (living), Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
Obituary [Agatha Neufeld], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 May 1996, page 34.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 July 2025.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 July 2026.
Obituary [Verdeen Marion Neufeld], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 July 2026.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 July 2026
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