- Percy Mockler
Percy Paul Mockler (BA) (MBA) (born
April 14 ,1949 inSt. Leonard, New Brunswick ) is a Canadianpolitician .He studied at the
University of Moncton where he earned aBachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology and aMaster of Business Administration defgree. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, was first elected to theLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1982 election.After his election defeat in 1987, Mockler worked as an organizer for the federal Progressive Conservatives in the 1988 federal election and worked for the
Brian Mulroney administration inOttawa until its dying days in 1993.Upon his return to New Brunswick, Mockler was able to run again to be a
Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) as Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais, the Liberal who had defeated him in 1987, had been elected to theCanadian House of Commons and aby-election was being held to replace her. Mockler was re-elected handily onNovember 29 ,1993 and again in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2006. In 2006, after the establishment of new electoral boundaries in New Brunswick, Mockler defeated soundly Liberal incumbent, Bert Paulin.After the merger of the federal Progressive Conservative Party and the
Canadian Alliance , Mockler was briefly mentioned as a possible leadership candidate for the newConservative Party of Canada . Mockler instead backedBelinda Stronach and served as co-chair of her campaign in New Brunswick and helped organize it inQuebec .Mockler is a key organizer for the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick.
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