Madeleine Dubé

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

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.

She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1999 provincial election and was re-elected in 2003 and 2006. In her first term, she chaired the committee on health care and joined the cabinet immeadiately 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 is married with two children.

Provincial Government of Bernard Lord
Cabinet Posts (2)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Joan MacAlpine-Stiles	Minister of Family and Community Services (2006) MacAlpine-Stiles was acting minister	Carmel Robichaud
Dennis Furlong	Minister of Education (2003-2006)	Claude Williams
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
Joan MacAlpine-Stiles	Minister responsible for Seniors (2006) Schryer served as Minister of State for Seniors	Mary Schryer

new district	MLA for Edmundston-Saint Basile 2006-present	Incumbent
Preceded by Bernard Valcourt (Progressive Conservative)	MLA for Edmundston 1999-2006	district abolished