Five Rivers is a
village
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in the
Canadian province
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of
New Brunswick
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. It was formed through the
2023 New Brunswick local governance reform
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s. It encompasses the former village of
Rexton.
History
Five Rivers was incorporated on January 1, 2023.
Notable people
Five Rivers (Kingston at the time) was the birthplace of
Bonar Law
Andrew Bonar Law (; 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923.
Law was born in the British colony of New Brunswick (now a Canadi ...
,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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in 1922–1923. Until the election of
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He wa ...
in 2019, who was born in
New York City
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, Law was the only British Prime Minister to be born outside the
British Isles
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. His name is honoured at a recently upgraded community attraction, Bonar Law Common, and also at
Bonar Law Memorial High School in Five Rivers. His father Rev. James Law was the Minister for St. Andrew's Church in Five Rivers (Rexton at the time) for many years.
William John Bowser
William John Bowser ( Rexton, New Brunswick December 3, 1867 – October 25, 1933 Vancouver) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served as the 17th premier of British Columbia from 1915 to 1916.
The son of William Bowser and Mar ...
,
Premier of British Columbia
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(1915–1916), was born in Rexton. Former
Premier of New Brunswick
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,
Shawn Graham
Shawn Michael Graham (born February 22, 1968) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 31st premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010. He was elected leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party in 2002 and became premier after his party captu ...
, was raised in Rexton.
See also
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List of communities in New Brunswick
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*
List of municipalities in New Brunswick
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References
2023 establishments in New Brunswick
2023 New Brunswick local governance reform
Communities in Kent County, New Brunswick
Populated places established in 2023
Villages in New Brunswick
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