The Citizens’ Representative
Biography
Bradley Moss
Bradley Moss was appointed as the Citizens' Representative for Newfoundland and Labrador on a unanimous resolution of the House of Assembly, and was sworn in on May 1, 2019. He was reappointed for a second term in June of 2025.
Mr. Moss entered the public service in 2002 as the first staff Investigator hired by the Office of the Citizens' Representative (OCR). He progressively assumed responsibility within the OCR, becoming Senior Investigator in 2006 and then serving for over a decade as Deputy Citizens' Representative. He is active in the pan-Canadian Ombudsman community, including the Forum of Canadian Ombudsman where he has served as a conference chair and presenter, and as an instructor at Osgoode Hall's "Ombuds Essentials" and "Advanced Issues in Ombuds Practice" courses at York University. He is a member of the Canadian Council of Parliamentary Ombudsman and has served as an external Ombudsman evaluator.
Mr. Moss holds degrees in Political Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland, where his graduate work centered on governmental accountability structures and the Ombudsman concept in Newfoundland and Labrador. He is a recipient of awards from both the House of Commons and the Senate of Canada for his work in eyeglass recycling and on numerous overseas eyeglass missions in Haiti, Nicaragua, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic through Lions Clubs International and Team Broken Earth. In 2024-25 he served as District Governor of 49 Lions Clubs in eastern Newfoundland and in 2025-26 as Chair of the Council of Governors for Atlantic Canada. He is a student of Shaolin Kung Fu and earned his senior black sash from the Scarlet Dragon Society in Portugal Cove - St. Philip's, where he resides with his family.