Early Life
Darrell Dexter was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. and grew up in the rural community of Milton, Queens County. He is the son of a sheet metal worker and was the first member of his family to go to university.
Dexter holds degrees in education and law from Dalhousie University, and a degree in journalism from the University of King's College. He used his journalism degree for a period as a reporter for The Daily News in the early 1980s. Dexter also served in the Canadian Forces holding the rank of Sub-Lieutenant and was a Command Information Officer onboard HMCS Yukon and HMCS Qu'Appelle while deployed with Maritime Forces Pacific.
Dexter was a practicing lawyer before he entered public life. He was first elected as a Dartmouth City Councilor, serving from 1994 to 1996.
A former Chair and member Board of the Dartmouth Downtown Development Corporation, Dexter was also once a member of the Dartmouth General Hospital Commission, Chair of the Dartmouth Common Committee, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Victorian Order of Nurses (Dartmouth Branch), and a member of the Community Planning Association.
Dexter is married to Kelly Wilson and together they have one son, Harris.
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