| The Honourable Max Bradford |
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| Max Bradford in 1999 | |
| 33rd Minister of Defence | |
| In office 5 December 1997 – 5 December 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Jenny Shipley |
| Preceded by | Paul East |
| Succeeded by | Mark Burton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1942 |
| Political party | National |
Maxwell Robert Bradford (born 1942) is a former New Zealand politician and Cabinet Minister. He was an MP for the National Party from 1990 to 2002, and is known for introducing reforms to the electricity industry in 1998.[1][2]
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Bradford was born in Christchurch. He has been married twice; his current wife is Rosemary Bradford (a partner in Colliers International Wellington, a property broking company). He has two stepdaughters.
Before entering politics, he worked at the New Zealand Treasury and the International Monetary Fund, and later became a financial consultant. After retiring from Parliament in 2002, he became a director in Castalia Strategic Advisors Ltd, an international consultancy practice specializing in energy and water reform.In 2007, he established his own consultancy Bradford & Associates Ltd which specializes in governance advisory and implementation projects for international bodies such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank and foreign governments.
Bradford was first elected to Parliament as MP for Tarawera in the 1990 elections, replacing National Party colleague Ian McLean. In the 1996 elections, there was an electoral redistribution, and Bradford contested and won the seat of Rotorua. In the 1999 elections, he was defeated in Rotorua by Labour's Stephanie Chadwick, but remained in Parliament as a list MP. In his political career, he served in a number of Cabinet positions, including Minister of Immigration, Minister of Energy, Minister of Labour, Minister of Revenue, Minister of Enterprise and Commerce, Minister of Defence, and Minister of Tertiary Education.