David Mercier

David Maurice Mercier was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of [British Columbia] from 1986 to 1991, as a Social Credit Party|Social Credit] member for the constituency of Burnaby-Edmonds. In 1991, he served several months as British Columbia's Minister of Environment. He was a chartered accountant. Mercier was mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia from 1979 to 1981. He previously ran unsuccessfully in Burnaby-Edmonds in the 1966 provincial election as a Liberal candidate and in Burnaby-Willingdon in the 1972 provincial election as a Social Credit candidate.
On October 3, 1989, Mercier and three colleagues — Graham Bruce, Duane Delton Crandall, and Doug Mowat — quit the governing Social Credit caucus to sit as "Independent Social Credit" members. In a joint statement, the four stressed that they "in no way desire the fall of our government", but wished to spur an "open and realistic assessment" of Bill [Vander Zalm]'s continued leadership. Mercier returned the Socred caucus on February 14, 1990, alongside Bruce and Mowat. Mercier explained his move by saying his concerns about Vander Zalm's leadership and re-election chances had been addressed.
He was the leader of the British Columbia Conservative Party between 1997 until 2001. Mercier died in 2021 from complications of Parkinson's disease.