Max Bradford

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Max Bradford
Max Bradford.jpg
Max Bradford in 1999
33rd Minister of Defence
In office
5 December 1997 10 December 1999
YearsTermElectorateListParty
1990 1993 43rd Tarawera National
1993 1996 44th Tarawera National
1996 1999 45th Rotorua none National
1999 2002 46th List15 National
Max Bradford (centre) with Ian Revell and Taito Phillip Field on a working MPs trip to Vanuatu in 1991. Ian and blackys.jpg
Max Bradford (centre) with Ian Revell and Taito Phillip Field on a working MPs trip to Vanuatu in 1991.

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. [4]

After politics

After retiring from Parliament in 2002, Bradford became a director in Castalia Strategic Advisors Ltd, an international consultancy practice specialising in governance, energy and water reform.[ citation needed ] In 2007, he established his own consultancy Bradford & Associates Ltd specializing in governance advisory and implementation projects[ citation needed ] He has consulted for organisations such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank and foreign governments, and has worked in Guyana, Liberia, Sudan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Fiji, and Cambodia amongst other countries.

From 2013 to 2014 he led a World Bank project on behalf of Oxford Policy Management to help improve the effectiveness of the Public Accounts Committee and other financial oversight committees of the Bangladesh Parliament.[ citation needed ]

In 2013, he was voted New Zealand's best energy minister in recent years. [5]

He retired in 2015.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. Temple, Philip (1994). Temple's Guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: McIndoe Publishers. p. 55. ISBN   0-86868-159-8.
  2. Young, Audrey (13 August 2008). "Peters 'forgets' NZ First support for power reforms". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. Pullar-Strecker, Tom (15 February 2010). "Lights flicker on electricity IT projects". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  4. "Max Bradford to retire at next election". The New Zealand Herald . 4 April 2002. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  5. "Bradford voted best Energy Minister | Kiwiblog". 5 March 2013.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tarawera
1990–1996
Constituency abolished
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rotorua
1996–1999
Succeeded by