Max Bradford

The Honourable Max Bradford
Max Bradford in 1999
33rd Minister of Defence
In office 5 December 1997 – 5 December 1999
Prime Minister	Jenny Shipley
Preceded by	Paul East
Succeeded by	Mark Burton
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Born	1942
Political party	National

Bradford (centre) with Ian Revell and Taito Phillip Field on a working trip to Nigeria.

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]

Early life

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.

Member of Parliament

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.

References

1. ^ Young, Audrey (13 August 2008). "Peters 'forgets' NZ First support for power reforms". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10526747. Retrieved 13 May 2011. 
2. ^ Pullar-Strecker, Tom (15 February 2010). "Lights flicker on electricity IT projects". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3326430/Lights-flicker-on-electricity-IT-projects. Retrieved 13 May 2011. 

External links

• Max Bradford's website

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Name	Bradford, Max
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Date of birth	1942
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