MLA for Peace River South and Conservative Shadow Minister for Energy, running again in Peace River South.
Larry Neufeld was elected in 2024 with 69.84% of the vote. In 2026 he asked for a public inquiry into the Tumbler Ridge shootings, led the opposition questions on energy and CleanBC, and pressed for a new Taylor Bridge.
A researched record of Larry Neufeld's 15 commitments in his own words, 10 recorded votes and 12 public statements from 2026, with 7 news items. Most come from the legislature record and caucus releases that quote him.
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01 / Introduction
About Larry Neufeld
Larry Neufeld is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Peace River South on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. He won the district in 2024 with 7,182 votes, 69.84% of the valid vote, against the sitting member Mike Bernier, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
Conservative caucus releases name him Critic for Oil, Gas and LNG in December 2025, and Critic for Energy, or Shadow Minister for Energy, from June 30, 2026.
Tumbler Ridge is in his district. After the shootings there on February 10, 2026, he gave the reply to the throne speech on February 17 and asked the Premier for a public inquiry on February 26 and March 11. In the legislature he also asked about energy prices, BC Hydro contracts, the Mental Health Act and the Taylor Bridge.
He told the legislature that he is a professional engineer and worked as an environmental engineer. The party page says he started his own companies in 2006 and served as a Reserve Infantry Platoon Commander. Those are his and the party's own statements.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
16 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · Public safetyNot established
A public inquiry into the Tumbler Ridge shootings
On February 26, 2026, Neufeld asked the Premier in the legislature to commit to a public inquiry into the Tumbler Ridge shootings. A caucus release the same day says he wants an inquiry with all the powers of the Public Inquiry Act, an independent commissioner and a public report. He asked again on March 11 and, according to The Canadian Press, on April 22.
Evidence & next checks
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The Premier answered that the government would use any tool, a coroner's inquest or a public inquiry, to answer all questions. The chief coroner announced an inquest on March 3, 2026, CBC News reported. voche.me found no public inquiry called by September 30, 2026. The call names no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Does the government call a public inquiry after the police investigation and the inquest?
In question period on May 5, 2026, Neufeld described a patient whose family was not told when he was released from hospital, and asked the health minister to commit to changes to the Mental Health Act.
Evidence & next checks
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The question names the law to change. It gives no wording, cost or date for the change.
What still needs checking
Is a bill to change the Mental Health Act introduced, and does it cover telling families?
Long-term mental health supports for Tumbler Ridge
In his reply to the throne speech on February 17, 2026, Neufeld told Tumbler Ridge that he would keep pushing the legislature to make sure mental health and other supports stay in place for the long term. A May 7 caucus statement quotes his support for rebuilding the secondary school.
Evidence & next checks
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No program, amount or date is named.
What still needs checking
Are mental health services in Tumbler Ridge funded beyond 2026?
Neufeld asked the transportation minister on May 7, 2026 for the design life of the Taylor Bridge on Highway 97, the plan to replace it and the plan to limit the cost of losing it. CJDC-TV quoted him asking for an engineer-stamped statement on the bridge's safety.
Evidence & next checks
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The minister answered that $31 million has been spent on planning and $9 million more will follow over two years. Neufeld named no cost or date of his own.
What still needs checking
Is the replacement placed in the province's 10-year capital plan?
A caucus release of August 6, 2026 quotes Neufeld, as Shadow Minister for Energy, saying the government should scrap the province-wide ban on natural gas planned under CleanBC.
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The release names the policy to remove. It gives no date or cost.
What still needs checking
Does a Conservative platform document repeat the measure with a date?
In the Energy estimates debate on April 22, 2026, Neufeld asked the minister to widen the CleanBC review panel's task to include a full economic impact and cost-benefit study, and to have economists lead it.
Evidence & next checks
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A request to the minister. It gives no cost or date.
In the Bill 16 debate on April 16, 2026, Neufeld said he supports people who choose an electric vehicle, but opposes a law that forces the choice. He said cold and long distances in the North make vehicles a safety matter.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position in debate. He named no measure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
How does the next regulation on zero-emission vehicle targets read?
In the Bill 16 debate on April 16, 2026, Neufeld said moving the cost of fuel price monitoring, which he put at $940,000 last year, onto fuel sellers would raise prices for drivers.
Evidence & next checks
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A position in debate. He gave no measure to replace the fee.
What still needs checking
What fee does the regulation set, and who pays it?
An August 27, 2026 caucus release on natural gas revenue forecasts quotes Neufeld, as Shadow Minister for Energy, calling for less red tape, more certainty and lower taxes.
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No tax, rate, amount or date is named.
What still needs checking
Does the Conservative platform name the taxes and rates?
A January 29, 2026 caucus release quotes Neufeld, then Critic for Oil, Gas and LNG, saying government should set clear and consistent rules for resource projects.
Evidence & next checks
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No measure, number or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Conservative platform name the permit changes?
Fixed timelines in environmental assessment disputes
In the Bill 15 debate on April 13, 2026, Neufeld said the bill on environmental assessment needs targeted amendments, and asked for a clear time limit for parties to agree on how a dispute will be settled.
Evidence & next checks
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He named no number of days and moved no amendment in the passage read.
Caucus releases in July 2026 quote Neufeld calling for a new pipeline to the west coast on a northern route, and for the Premier to ask the Prime Minister to end the north coast tanker ban.
Evidence & next checks
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The tanker ban is a federal law, so the measure needs the federal government to act. No cost or date is named.
What still needs checking
Does the federal government change the north coast tanker ban?
In the Bill 9 debate on April 21, 2026, Neufeld opposed giving government wider power to refuse information requests. He said the better options are more staff for requests, shorter response times and more information published without a request.
Evidence & next checks
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No staff number, cost or date is named.
What still needs checking
How do response times for information requests change after Bill 9?
In the Bill 12 debate on March 30, 2026, Neufeld said schools must be protected, and asked why existing laws are not enforced. The vote index records him voting Yea at third reading on April 1.
In the Bill 20 debate on May 19, 2026, on the K'ómoks Treaty, Neufeld said reconciliation and treaties matter and that support for reconciliation still calls for close review of each bill. The vote index records him voting Nay at second and third reading.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position in debate. No measure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What does the Conservative platform say on treaties?
The Conservative Party of BC published its BC Energy Superpower Plan in September 2026, with a goal to double LNG production by 2032 and triple it by 2035. The release is from the party leader and does not name Neufeld.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A party commitment. Neufeld is not quoted in the release.
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Speech
Reply to the throne speech
One week after the Tumbler Ridge shootings, Neufeld moved the reply to the throne speech and spoke to the people of Tumbler Ridge. Energeticcity.ca reported it as the first time an opposition member gave that reply.
Neufeld said the bill has promise, supported leaving United States tribes out of the assessment process, and raised the risk of court challenges and unclear timelines.
Neufeld asked whether the government could have prevented high fuel prices and what it would do within 30 days. The same day he gave a statement on the Tumbler Ridge Outdoor Recreation Association.
Bill 16 debate on vehicle targets and fuel price fees
Neufeld supported lowering the 2035 zero-emission vehicle target, opposed moving targets into regulation without debate, and opposed a fee on fuel sellers.
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Reporting
Energeticcity.ca
Neufeld leads throne speech response
Reports his reply to the throne speech after the Tumbler Ridge shootings.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No campaign website of his own was found; the party candidate page lists no events or platform of his own. The party candidate page labels him "Interim Conservative Party Leader"; party and caucus releases name Lorne Doerkson as leader, so voche.me does not use that label. His Facebook and X pages showed no readable posts to a direct read, so nothing from them is used. A caucus release of October 2, 2025 on an Alberta pipeline proposal and a party statement were not used because the party copies answered HTTP 404. The Energy and Climate Solutions estimates (April 22, 23 and 27, 2026; only the April 22 sitting was read, in part), the Bill 16 committee stage and the Bill 9 committee stage were read only in part. Votes are taken from the vote index; the division lists in the transcripts were not checked one by one. His 2025 speeches and votes were not read. His professional engineering licence, his business history and his military service are statements by him and the party and were not checked against the engineering regulator or other records. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Peace River South was found. No accountability record was found. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list and 2024 statement of votes, the legislature's 2026 speech and vote indexes, 16 transcripts where he spoke, 13 Conservative caucus releases that name him, the party candidate and platform pages, and news reports from Energeticcity.ca, CJDC-TV, CBC News, The Canadian Press, The Northern View and Northern Beat.
His commitments on this page come from what he said in the legislature and in caucus releases in 2026. No campaign website of his own was found. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Larry Neufeld?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Larry Neufeld's own campaign.
What party is Larry Neufeld running with?
Larry Neufeld is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Larry Neufeld currently hold public office?
Yes. Larry Neufeld currently serves as MLA for Peace River South.
How many sources does this Larry Neufeld profile cite?
This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Larry Neufeld's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Larry Neufeld in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Larry Neufeld is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
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