List of High Commissioners of Australia to Canada
High Commissioners

List of High Commissioners of Australia to Canada

Section Title: High Commissioners
Table Section Text: None

Order	Name	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes

1	Sir Thomas Glasgow	12 September 1939	1945	5–6 years

2	Alfred Stirling	1945	1946

3	Frank Forde	18 January 1947	1953

4	Sir Douglas Copland	1953	1957	3–4 years

5	Walter Crocker	1957	1959

6	Sir Walter Cawthorn	1959	1960

7	Kieren Desmond (acting)	1960	1961

8	David Hay	1961	1964

9	Sir Kenneth Bailey	1964	1969

10	David McNicol	1969	1973

11	James Ingram	1973	1975

12	Max Loveday	1975	1977

13	John Ryan	1977	1980

14	Barrie Dexter	1980	1983

15	Rowen Osborn	1983	1985

16	Robert Laurie	1985	1989

17	James Humphries	1989	1991

18	David Spencer	1991	1993

19	Frank Murray	July 1993	May 1997

20	Gregory Wood	May 1997	July 2001

21	Tony Hely	July 2001	February 2005

22	William Fisher	February 2005	November 2008

23	Justin Brown	November 2008	December 2011

24	Louise Hand	January 2012	14 January 2015

25	Tony Negus	15 January 2015	30 November 2017	2 years, 319 days

26	Natasha Smith	30 November 2017	incumbent	235 days

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Forde was one of the high commissioners to Canada.
Forde was the high commissioner to Canada, succeeding Alfred Stirling.
Forde was the High Commissioner to Canada, after the term of Alfred Stirling.

final_sentence: Forde was one of the high commissioners to Canada.
final_sentence: Forde was the high commissioner to Canada, succeeding Alfred Stirling.
final_sentence: Forde was the High Commissioner to Canada, after the term of Alfred Stirling.