| High Commissioner for Canada in Australia | |
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| Incumbent Mark Glauser since August 28, 2019 | |
| Residence | Canberra |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Charles Jost Burchell |
| Formation | November 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.
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 relationsDiplomatic relations between Canada and Australia was established in 1939. Charles Jost Burchell was appointed as Canada's first high commissioner in Australia on November 2, 1939.
List of heads of mission
| No. | Name | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. | |||
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| 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) |
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| — | 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) |
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| — | 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) |
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| 10 | Arthur Redpath Menzies | September 2, 1965 | November 22, 1965 | July 22, 1972 | Career | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) |
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| 11 | James Joachim McCardle | April 4, 1972 | October 19, 1972 | June 28, 1977 | Career | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 23 | Mark Glauser | August 28, 2019 | October 4, 2019 | Career | ||||
References
- ^ "Orders In Council PC 2019-1292". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. August 28, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ DeLong 2020, p. 15.
- Bibliography
- DeLong, Linwood (2020). A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 (PDF). Calgary: Canadian Global Affairs Institute. ISBN 978-1-77397-115-5.
External links
- High Commission of Canada in Australia
- "Heads of Post List – Australia". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada.
 Lists of heads of diplomatic missions to Australia | |
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| Ambassadors | |
| High Commissioners | |