Madeleine Dubé Explained

Madeleine Dubé
Party:Progressive Conservative
Assembly:New Brunswick Legislative
Constituency Am:Edmundston-Madawaska Centre
Edmundston-Saint Basile (2006-2014)
Edmundston (1999-2006)
Term Start:June 7, 1999
Term End:July 6, 2018
Predecessor:Bernard Valcourt
Successor:Jean-Claude D'Amours
Office2:New Brunswick Minister of Education
Term Start2:2003
Term End2:2006
Predecessor2:Dennis Furlong
Successor2:Claude Williams
Office3:New Brunswick Minister of Family and Community Services
Term Start3:2006
Term End3:2006
Predecessor3:Joan MacAlpine-Stiles
Successor3:Carmel Robichaud
Office4:New Brunswick Minister of Health
Term Start4:2010
Term End4:2012
Predecessor4:Mary Schryer
Successor4:Ted Flemming
Office5:New Brunswick Minister of Social Development
Term Start5:2012
Term End5:2014
Predecessor5:Sue Stultz
Successor5:Cathy Rogers

Madeleine "Mado" Dubé (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.[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]

Dubé was made a Member of the Order of New Brunswick in 2021.[5]

References

Notes
  1. Web site: Madeleine "Mado" Dubé / Edmundston-Madawaska Centre . pcnb.ca . 4 May 2017 . pcnb.
  2. Web site: gnb.ca: "Select Committee on Cannabis" . 2017-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170720210905/http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/committees/cannabis-e.asp# . 2017-07-20 . dead .
  3. Web site: Madeleine Dubé, the PC party's only francophone MLA, retiring from politics . Poitras . Jacques . CBC News . 14 February 2018 . 10 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Madeleine Dubé appointed VP of University of Moncton's Edmundston campus. . Ross . Shane . CBC News . 9 June 2018 . 10 October 2018.
  5. 2021 recipients of the Order of New Brunswick announced. Government of New Brunswick. September 9, 2021.