Percy Mockler

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Percy Mockler (born April 14, 1949) is a Canadian politician.

Mockler, a Progressive Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1982 election but failed to win re-election in the 1987 election when the Liberal Party won every seat in the legislature.

After his election defeat, Mockler worked as an organizer for the federal Progressive Conservatives in the 1988 federal election and worked for the Brian Mulroney administration in Ottawa 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 the Canadian House of Commons and a by-election was being held to replace her. Mockler was re-elected handily on November 29, 1993 and again in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2006.

After the merger of the federal Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance, Mockler was briefly mentioned as a possible leadership candidate for the new Conservative Party of Canada. Mockler instead backed Belinda Stronach and served as co-chair of her campaign in New Brunswick and helped organize it in Quebec.

Provincial Government of Bernard Lord
Cabinet Posts (6)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Elvy Robichaud and himself	Minister of Wellness, Culture and Sport (2006) Robichaud served as Minister of Health & Wellness Mockler served as Minister responsible for Culture & Sport	Shawn Graham
Bernard Lord	Minister of Intergovernmental and International Relations (2003-2006) Lord succeeded Mockler as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs	Bernard Lord
Margaret-Ann Blaney	Minister of Transportation (2002-2003)	Paul Robichaud
Dennis Furlong	Minister of Family and Community Services (2000-2001) Furlong served as Minister of Health & Community Services	Joan MacAlpine
Georgie Day and Marcelle Mersereau	Minister of Human Resources Development and Housing (1999-2000) Day served as Minister of Human Resources Development Mersereau served as Minister of Municipalities & Housing McFarlane served as Minister of Training & Employment Development	Norm McFarlane
Jim Lockyer	Solicitor General (1999-2000) Sherwood served as Minister of Public Safety	Milt Sherwood
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
none	Minister responsible for the Immigration and Repatriation Secretariat (2006) new designation	Greg Byrne
Paul Robichaud	Minister responsible for La Francophonie (2003-2006)	Hédard Albert
Norm Betts	Minister responsible for Service New Brunswick (2003-2006)	Dale Graham
Dennis Furlong	Minister responsible for the Culture and Sport Secretariat (2003-2006) Mockler succeeded himself in this role as Minister of Wellness, Culture and Sport	himself

new district	MLA for Restigouche-la-Vallée 2006-present	Incumbent
new district	MLA for Madawaska-la-Vallée 1995-2006	district abolished
Vacant Title last held by Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais (Liberal)	MLA for Madawaska South 1993-1995	district abolished
Preceded by: Héliodore Cote (Liberal)	MLA for Madawaska South 1982-1987	Succeeded by: Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais (Liberal)