The Honourable Claudette Bradshaw

Minister of State (Human Resources Development)

Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe (New Brunswick)

First elected to the House of Commons in 1997, Mrs. Bradshaw was re-elected in the 2000 and 2004 general elections. She served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Cooperation and Minister Responsible for the Francophonie from 1997 to 1998.

Claudette Bradshaw has served as Minister of Labour from the time she was first appointed to the Cabinet in November 1998. She assumed the additional responsibility as Federal Coordinator on Homelessness in March 1999 and was named Minister of Labour and Minister responsible for Homelessness in 2003.

Mrs. Bradshaw has been an active community leader in Moncton. In 1974, she founded the Moncton Headstart Early Family Intervention Centre, where she served as executive director until 1997. She has also been an active member of several organizations, including the Provincial Housing Task Force, the Moncton Housing Coalition and the Provincial Task Force on Early Childhood. In addition, Mrs. Bradshaw has represented New Brunswick on the National Crime Prevention Council and was the Atlantic representative on the National Council of Welfare.

Mrs. Bradshaw and her husband, Douglas, have two sons.

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