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 |
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| Preceded by | Bernard Valcourt |
| New Brunswick Minister of Education | |
| In office 2003–2006 |
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| Preceded by | Dennis Furlong |
| Succeeded by | Claude Williams |
| New Brunswick Minister of Family and Community Services | |
| In office 2006–2006 |
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| Preceded by | Joan MacAlpine-Stiles |
| Succeeded by | Carmel Robichaud |
| New Brunswick Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mary Schryer |
| 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.
Personal life
She is married with two children.
References
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