Madeleine Dubé

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 by	Bernard Valcourt
Succeeded by	Jean-Claude D'Amours
New Brunswick Minister of Education
In office 2003–2006
Preceded by	Dennis Furlong
Succeeded by	Claude Williams
New Brunswick Minister of Family and Community Services
In office 2006–2006
Preceded by	Joan MacAlpine-Stiles
Succeeded by	Carmel Robichaud
New Brunswick Minister of Health
In office 2010–2012
Preceded by	Mary Schryer
Succeeded by	Ted Flemming
New Brunswick Minister of Social Development
In office 2012–2014
Preceded by	Sue Stultz
Succeeded by	Cathy Rogers
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative

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

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.

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.

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

Personal life

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

Dubé was made a Member of the Order of New Brunswick in 2021.

References

• MLA Bios, Government of New Brunswick

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