Madeleine Dubé

MLA, Edmundston-Saint-Basile
Caucus Chair
Critic - Social Development
Critic - Regional Development Corporation
Critic - Seniors

Madeleine (Mado) Dubé was born September 26, 1961, in Edmundston, N.B., the daughter of Adrien and Huguette Dubé. She attended the Université de Moncton, 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.

Ms. Dubé is an active member of the community. She is the co-founder and was treasurer of the Association des programmes d’aide aux employés du Nouveau-Brunswick, a member of the Edmundston Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Conseil de développement économique du Nouveau-Brunswick. She was a director of the Association des Foyers de Groupe du Madawaska and a referral agent for the school district and Region 4 Hospital Corporation EFAPs. She is a member of the Réseau des femmes d’affaires d’Edmundston.

Ms. Dubé was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the provincial general election held June 7, 1999, to represent the Edmundston riding. She was re-elected on June 9, 2003, and sworn in as Minister of Education on June 27, 2003.

On February 14, 2006, she was appointed Minister of Family and Community Services and Minister responsible for the N.B. Advisory Council on Seniors.

She was elected as the first Member to represent the new riding of Edmundston—Saint-Basile in the provincial election held September 18, 2006.

She has been a member of the Legislature’s Standing Committees on Public Accounts and Private Bills and the Select Committee to Review Appointments by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. She chaired the Select Committee on Health Care and was a member of the Committee on Local Governance. She is past-president of the Edmundston Progressive Conservative Association and is involved in policy development for the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party.

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