Madeleine Dubé
| Madeleine Dubé | |
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| MLA for Edmundston-Saint Basile Edmundston from 1999 to 2006 | |
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Assumed office 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Valcourt |
| New Brunswick Minister of Education | |
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In office 2003–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Furlong |
| Succeeded by | Claude Williams |
| New Brunswick Minister of Family and Community Services | |
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In office 2006–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Joan MacAlpine-Stiles |
| Succeeded by | Carmel Robichaud |
| New Brunswick Minister of Health | |
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In office 2010–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Mary Schryer |
| Succeeded by | Ted Flemming |
| New Brunswick Minister of Social Development | |
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In office 2012–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sue Stultz |
| Succeeded by | Cathy Rogers |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Madeleine "Mado" Dubé, (born September 26, 1961 in Edmundston, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick social worker and politician.
Early life and education
Dubé has a bachelor degree in social work from l'Université de Moncton (UdeM) and worked for the New Brunswick government as a social worker prior to starting her own business focussing on human development. She also served as a part-time lecturer at the Edmundston campus of UdeM.
Political career
She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1999 provincial election and was re-elected in 2003, 2006 and 2010. In her first term, she chaired the committee on health care and joined the cabinet immediately following her re-election first as Minister of Education and then, on February 14, 2006 as Minister of Family and Community Services. After her election to a third term she served in the opposition. She has been elected as Progressive Conservative Caucus chairperson in the Fall of 2007. In September 2010, she was re-elected four times in a row to the New Brunswick Legislature with one of the largest majorities.
She was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election that saw the defeat of the Progressive Conservative government and her return to the Opposition benches where she serves as Opposition House Leader.
Personal life
She is married with two children.