Claim: Georges Philias Vanier, a Canadian soldier and diplomat who served as the 19th Governor General of Canada, began his term as Ambasaddor in 1944.
Evidence: Georges-Philias Vanier PC CC CMM CD (23 April 1888 – 5 March 1967) was a Canadian soldier and diplomat who served as the 19th Governor General of Canada, the first French-Canadian to hold this post. Following the fall of Vichy France in 1944 to the Allied forces, Vanier was posted as Canada's first ambassador to France.