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List of high commissioners of Australia to Canada

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List of high commissioners of Australia to Canada
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FieldValue
postHigh Commissioner of Australia to Canada
insigniaCoat of Arms of Australia.svg
insigniasize120px
departmentDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
imageHigh Commissioner of Australia to Canada Kate Logan.jpg
incumbentKate Logan
incumbentsinceDecember 2024
styleHer Excellency
residenceAustralia House, Sandy Hill, Ottawa
nominatorPrime Minister of Australia
appointerGovernor General of Australia
reports_toMinister for Foreign Affairs
formation23 December 1939
inauguralSir Thomas Glasgow
websiteAustralian High Commission, Canada
The Sun Life Financial Centre at 50 O'Connor Street, Ottawa, location of the High Commission Chancery since 1989.

The high commissioner of Australia to Canada is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to Canada. The Australian High Commission also has responsibility for relations with Bermuda, a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is currently held by Kate Logan since 9 December 2024.

Australia and Canada have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since 12 September 1939, when high commissioners were first exchanged as Australia's second independent diplomatic posting established from 29 March 1940, with only the High Commission in London (1910) being older. As fellow Dominion countries, Australia and Canada had many prior contacts, particularly in trade, and continue to share a monarch as Commonwealth realms. The High Commissioner's Official Residence is located at Australia House, Ottawa, while the Chancery is located at the Sun Life Financial Centre, Suite 1301, 50 O'Connor Street, in Downtown Ottawa. The work of the High Commission is also supported by a Consulate-General in Toronto and an Honorary Consulate in Vancouver, which are run by Austrade.

Posting history

Formal diplomatic relations between Australia and Canada formally began on 12 September 1939 when the two countries agreed to exchange high commissioners. Australian representation in Canada prior to this was limited to a Trade Commissioner post with a focus on promoting trade, with Rupert Haynes, an Australian businessman connected to the South Australian fruit industry, appointed by the Minister for Markets and Transport as the first "Commercial Representative for the Commonwealth of Australia in the Dominion of Canada" on 1 April 1929. Haynes was recalled on 15 March 1930, and was later replaced by Lewis Richard Macgregor, who served until May 1938.

The first Canadian high commissioner, Charles Jost Burchell, was appointed on 3 November 1939 and arrived in Australia on 27 December 1939. On 23 December 1939, Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced the appointment of Sir Thomas Glasgow as the first Australian high commissioner. Glasgow arrived in Ottawa on 29 March 1940.

From 7 January 1974 to 1975, the high commissioner had non-resident accreditation for Barbados, when it was transferred to the high commissioner in Jamaica.

High commissioners

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Frederick Thomas Homer (Acting)
Kieren Desmond (Acting)
W. Kevin Flanagan (Acting)
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Max Loveday{{start date197501df=y}}{{end date197711df=y}}
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Robert Laurie{{start date198505df=y}}{{end date198904df=y}}
James Humphries{{start date198904df=y}}{{end date199105df=y}}
David Spencer{{start date199105df=y}}{{end date199307df=y}}
Frank Murray{{start date199307df=y}}{{end date199705df=y}}
Gregory Wood{{start date199705df=y}}{{end date200107df=y}}
Tony Hely{{start date200107df=y}}{{end date200502df=y}}
William Fisher{{start date200502df=y}}{{end date200811df=y}}
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Consulates

LocationOpenConsular district
High Commission, Ottawa
Consulate-General, Toronto
Consulate, Vancouver

The work of the high commission is supported by a consulate-general in Toronto, which has been operated by the Australian Trade Commission (now Austrade) since 1929, and was upgraded to a consulate-general in 1975. There was also previously a consulate-general in Montreal from 1975 to its closure in 1976, having previously operated as a Trade Commission only since 1953.

References

References

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  2. (13 September 1939). "FOR OTTAWA". The Canberra Times.
  3. (9 May 1929). "Government Gazette Appointments and Employment". [[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette]].
  4. (21 February 1929). "APPOINTMENT OF MR. HAYNES". [[The Register News-pictorial]].
  5. (21 February 1929). "NEW TRADE COMMISSIONER.". [[The Brisbane Courier]].
  6. (27 March 1930). "Government Gazette Appointments and Employment". Commonwealth Of Australia Gazette.
  7. (1 May 1930). "APPOINTMENT OF AUSTRALIAN TRADE COMMISSIONER IN CANADA.". Commonwealth Of Australia Gazette.
  8. (4 November 1939). "CANADA'S FIRST HIGH COMMISSIONER TO AUST.". The Daily Telegraph.
  9. (28 December 1939). "CANBERRA WELCOMES". The Canberra Times.
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  13. (30 March 1940). "MACKENZIE KING GREETS GLASGOW". The Daily Telegraph.
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  56. (November 2011). "Farewell from High Commissioner Brown". Australian Government.
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