The Mayors of Rexton

From November 9, 1966 to December 31, 2022, Rexton had the following eight mayors.

Mayor Lowell C. Cail (1966 - 1969)

As the first mayor of Rexton, Cail served as mayor for 3 years. He operated a service station in Rexton for many years.

Mayor Malcolm G. Hannay (1969 - 1972)

Rexton's second mayor was a councillor for 3 years before becoming mayor in 1969. Hannay served as mayor for 3 years until his passing in 1972. He was also the president of Hannay’s Limited.

Mayor Conrad LeBlanc (1973 - 1993)

Before becoming Rexton's longest serving mayor, Conrad was a councillor for 6 years. Conrad was a mechanic and a business owner.

Mayor Raymond Murphy (1994 - 2004)

Before being elected mayor, Raymond was a councillor for 8 years. Murphy served as mayor for 10 years. He was a high school teacher for 30+ years and then became the Executive Director for the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMNB).

Mayor David L. Hanson (2004 - 2016)

Mayor Hanson served as a councillor from 1973 to 1989 and returned to council as Mayor in 2004. Mayor Hanson started his career at Morgan Distillery and then opened the David L. Hanson Insurance company, where he was the owner and operator.

Mayor Randy Warman (2016 - 2020)

Warman served as mayor for a term of four years. After leaving office, Mayor Warman returned to his local business, a family-owned steel fabrication shop on Main Street in Rexton called Warman’s Welding.

Mayor Albert Corcoran (2020 - 2021)

Before stepping in to serve as acting mayor during the early days of the pandemic, Mayor Corcoran had served as a councillor for four years. Corcoran was a long-time veteran of the oil industry.

Mayor Wayne Carpenter (2021 - 2022)

Mayor Carpenter served as mayor the year prior to amalgamation. He and his family had moved to Rexton from western Canada, where he had worked as a quality control inspector in the electrical engineering industry.