Conservative Senator Richard Neufeld

British Columbia Conservative Senator Richard Neufeld is chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources and a member of the National Finance Committee and the Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee. Prior to his appointment to the Senate in 2009, he served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2008 as MLA for Peace River North. He was minister of energy, mines and petroleum resources from 2001 to 2009.