List of high commissioners of Canada to Australia

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]

High Commissioner for Canada in Australia
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 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. "Orders In Council PC 2019-1292". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. August 28, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
2. 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.