Madeleine Dubé

Madeleine "Mado" Dubé (born September 26, 1961 in Edmundston, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick social worker and politician.

Madeleine Dubé
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Edmundston-Madawaska Centre
Edmundston-Saint Basile (2006-2014)
Edmundston (1999-2006)
In office
June 7, 1999 – July 6, 2018
Preceded byBernard Valcourt
Succeeded byJean-Claude D'Amours
New Brunswick Minister of Education
In office
2003–2006
Preceded byDennis Furlong
Succeeded byClaude Williams
New Brunswick Minister of Family and Community Services
In office
2006–2006
Preceded byJoan MacAlpine-Stiles
Succeeded byCarmel Robichaud
New Brunswick Minister of Health
In office
2010–2012
Preceded byMary Schryer
Succeeded byTed Flemming
New Brunswick Minister of Social Development
In office
2012–2014
Preceded bySue Stultz
Succeeded byCathy Rogers
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Early life and education

Dubé was born on September 26, 1961, in Edmundston, the daughter of Adrien and Huguette Dubé.

She attended l'Université de Moncton (UdeM), where she received a Bachelor of Social Work. She has completed course work toward a Masters of Social Work with a specialization in group intervention at Université Laval.

A social worker, she has worked for the Department of Health and Community Services (Edmundston and Grand Falls) and the Region 4 Hospital Corporation Drug Addiction Service. She was co-owner and president of a human development agency named Priorité Santé Inc.

She also taught introductory courses leading to a certificate in drug addiction studies at the Université de Moncton – Edmundston campus, and is certified in the fields of family mediation, grievance mediation, defusing/debriefing, suicide prevention, and toxicology.[1]

Political career

Dubé 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.

Dubé was named to the Select Committee on Cannabis, pursuant to Motion 31 of the 3rd session of the 58th New Brunswick Legislature.[2]

She decided to retire from politics and not run again in the 2018 provincial election.[3] In June 2018, she was named vice-president of the Edmundston campus of the Université de Moncton.[4]

Personal life

Dubé lives in Edmundston with her husband, Mike. She has two children, Shawn and Paryse.[1]

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References
Notes
  1. "Madeleine "Mado" Dubé / Edmundston-Madawaska Centre". pcnb.ca. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  2. "gnb.ca: "Select Committee on Cannabis"". Archived from the original on 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  3. Poitras, Jacques (14 February 2018). "Madeleine Dubé, the PC party's only francophone MLA, retiring from politics". CBC News. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. Ross, Shane (9 June 2018). "Madeleine Dubé appointed VP of University of Moncton's Edmundston campus". CBC News. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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