List of high commissioners of Canada to Australia

High Commissioner for Canada in Australia
Incumbent
Mark Glauser
since August 28, 2019
ResidenceCanberra
NominatorPrime Minister of Canada
AppointerGovernor General of Canada
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderCharles Jost Burchell
FormationNovember 2, 1939

The ambassador of Canada to Australia is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Australia. The official title for the ambassador is High Commissioner for Canada in Australia. The current Canadian high commissioner is Mark Glauser who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on August 28, 2019.[1]

The High Commission of Canada is located at Commonwealth Avenue, Canberra.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between Canada and Australia are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Australia–Canada relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Australia was established in 1939.[2] Charles Jost Burchell was appointed as Canada's first high commissioner in Australia on November 2, 1939.[2]

List of heads of mission

No. Name Term of office Career Prime Minister nominated by Ref.
Start date PoC. End date
1 Charles Jost Burchell November 2, 1939 December 27, 1939 July 24, 1941 Non-Career W. L. Mackenzie King
(1935-1948)
— Evan Benjamin Rogers
(Acting High Commissioner) 		July 24, 1941 January 7, 1942 Career
2 Victor Wentworth Odlum November 6, 1941 January 7, 1942 September 20, 1942 Career
3 Thomas Clayton Davis November 5, 1942 December 30, 1942 May 29, 1946 Non-Career
— Carman Millward Croft
(Acting High Commissioner) 		May 29, 1946 May 27, 1947 Career
4 Kenneth Alfred Greene April 15, 1947 May 27, 1947 1949 Non-Career
5 Léo Richer Laflèche April 26, 1949 October 20, 1949 October 9, 1950 Non-Career Louis St. Laurent
(1948-1957)
— Carman Millward Croft
(Acting High Commissioner) 		October 9, 1950 June 9, 1951 Career
6 Colin Fraser Elliott March 1, 1951 June 9, 1951 April 1953 Non-Career
7 William Arthur Irwin March 19, 1953 August 8, 1953 September 1956 Non-Career
— Donald Macalister Cornett
(Acting High Commissioner) 		September 1956 April 1957 Career
8 Terence MacDermot January 17, 1957 April 26, 1957 August 1961 Career
9 Evan William Thistle Gill February 15, 1962 July 22, 1962 January 28, 1965 Career John G. Diefenbaker
(1957-1963)
10 Arthur Redpath Menzies September 2, 1965 November 22, 1965 July 22, 1972 Career Lester B. Pearson
(1963-1968)
11 James Joachim McCardle April 4, 1972 October 19, 1972 June 28, 1977 Career Pierre Elliott Trudeau
(1968-1979)
12 John Alan Beesley June 30, 1977 1977 December 4, 1980 Career
13 Raymond Cecil Anderson July 10, 1980 1980 August 1983 Career
14 Edward Richard Schreyer May 14, 1984 1984 February 18, 1988 Non-Career
15 Robert Allen Kilpatrick October 8, 1987 February 10, 1988 January 5, 1991 Career Brian Mulroney
(1984-1993)
16 Leonard Michael Berry September 19, 1991 1991 July 1995 Career
17 Brian Schumacher August 18, 1995 1995 July 1999 Career Jean Chrétien
(1993-2003)
18 James Bartleman June 10, 1999 November 9, 1999 July 1, 2000 Career
19 Jean T. Fournier July 26, 2000 August 31, 2000 July 2004 Career
— Gaston Barban
(Acting High Commissioner) 		July 2004 July 7, 2005 Career Paul Martin
(2003-2006)
20 Michael Leir August 19, 2005 November 1, 2005 August 4, 2010 Career
— John Mundy
(Consul - General) 		June 10, 2010 Career Stephen Harper
(2006-2015)
21 Michael Small August 10, 2010 September 19, 2010 December 13, 2014 Career
— Charles Reeves
(Acting High Commissioner) 		December 14, 2014 August 24, 2015 Career
22 Paul Maddison June 22, 2015 August 25, 2015 May 27, 2019 Non-Career
— Isabelle Martin
(Acting High Commissioner) 		May 28, 2019 October 3, 2019 Career Justin Trudeau
(2015-Present)
23 Mark Glauser August 28, 2019 October 4, 2019 Career [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Orders In Council PC 2019-1292". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. August 28, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. ^ a b DeLong 2020, p. 15.
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