1986 Election
In the provincial election of 1986, he defeated Tory candidate Harold Neufeld by 527 votes.
Following the election, on April 17, 1986, he was relieved of the Finance portfolio, retained in the Crown Investments portfolio and also named Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology. From May 20 to August 29, 1986, he also served as Minister of Energy and Mines, responsible for Manitoba Hydro. On February 4, 1987, he was relieved of the Crown Investments portfolio and given responsibility for the Manitoba Development Corporation. Finally, on September 21, 1987, he was given the additional portfolio of Attorney General.
The NDP were unexpectedly defeated in the legislature in 1988, and Schroeder lost to Neufeld by 526 votes in the election which followed.
Schroeder was appointed as the Chair of Manitoba Hydro in 2000, by the NDP government of Gary Doer. In November 2004, he announced plans to export wind power into Manitoba.
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