Max Bradford
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19 January 1942
Max Bradford | |
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 Bradford in 1999 | |
| 33rd Minister of Defence | |
| In office 5 December 1997 – 10 December 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Jenny Shipley |
| Preceded by | Paul East |
| Succeeded by | Mark Burton |
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| Born | Maxwell Robert Bradford 19 January 1942 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Party | National |
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Maxwell Robert Bradford (born 19 January 1942) is a former New Zealand politician and cabinet minister. He was an MP for the National Party from 1990 to 2002. He is best known for introducing the "Bright Future" economic initiative in 1999, and for changes to the retail sector of the electricity industry in 1998.[1][2]
Bradford was born in Christchurch on 19 January 1942, the son of Robert Herbert Bradford and Ella Marie Bradford (née Patterson).[3][4] He was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and the University of Canterbury, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1965,[5] and a Master of Commerce degree with second-class honours in economics the following year.[6]
Between 1967 and 1991, Bradford was married to Janet Grieve.[7] He subsequently married Rosemary Young-Rouse, the daughter of cabinet minister Bill Young,[8] and has two stepdaughters.
Before entering politics, Bradford worked at the New Zealand Treasury, the International Monetary Fund, and the New Zealand Employers Federation. He was chief executive of the NZ Bankers Association and the New Zealand National Party before entering the New Zealand Parliament as an MP in 1990.
Member of Parliament
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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| 1990–1993 | 43rd | Tarawera | National | ||
| 1993–1996 | 44th | Tarawera | National | ||
| 1996–1999 | 45th | Rotorua | none | National | |
| 1999–2002 | 46th | List | 15 | National | |
Bradford was first elected to Parliament as MP for Tarawera in the 1990 election, replacing National Party colleague Ian McLean. In the 1996 election, there was an electoral redistribution following the introduction of the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system in New Zealand. He contested and won the Rotorua electorate. In the 1999 election, he was defeated in Rotorua by Labour's Steve Chadwick, but remained in Parliament as a list MP. In his political career, he served in a number of Cabinet positions, including Minister of Defence, Minister of Energy, Minister of Labour, Minister of Revenue, Minister of Enterprise and Commerce, Minister of Tertiary Education and Minister of Immigration.[9]
