Career
He represented the electoral district of Queens in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1945. Madden was born in 1895 at Amherst, Nova Scotia. He was educated at Saint Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University, and was a druggist by career.
Madden served as mayor of Liverpool for four years.
Madden entered provincial politics in the 1941 election, defeating Conservative incumbent John Jay Cameron by 13 votes in the Queens riding. He did not reoffer in the 1945 election.
Madden died at Liverpool on November 28, 1945.