warden

noun, Cdn., the head of a county council (COD)

“Your dad was a reeve too, though, you said?”
“Yeah, and warden of the County in 1939, I guess.”

“I was the first mayor on Wolfe Island and the last warden of Frontenac County …Well it was a little hectic when you try to run a fishing lodge and then be the mayor of the Island plus warden of Frontenac County, because you had to travel across the county, you know. Lots of extra meetings.”