# 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.
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

Diplomatic 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 | Term of office | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. |
| No. | Name | Start date | PoC. | End date | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. |
| 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 | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 2 | Victor Wentworth Odlum | November 6, 1941 | January 7, 1942 | September 20, 1942 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 3 | Thomas Clayton Davis | November 5, 1942 | December 30, 1942 | May 29, 1946 | Non-Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| — | Carman Millward Croft (Acting High Commissioner) | May 29, 1946 | | May 27, 1947 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 4 | Kenneth Alfred Greene | April 15, 1947 | May 27, 1947 | 1949 | Non-Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 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 | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 6 | Colin Fraser Elliott | March 1, 1951 | June 9, 1951 | April 1953 | Non-Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 7 | William Arthur Irwin | March 19, 1953 | August 8, 1953 | September 1956 | Non-Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| — | Donald Macalister Cornett (Acting High Commissioner) | September 1956 | | April 1957 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 8 | Terence MacDermot | January 17, 1957 | April 26, 1957 | August 1961 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 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 | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 13 | Raymond Cecil Anderson | July 10, 1980 | 1980 | August 1983 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 14 | Edward Richard Schreyer | May 14, 1984 | 1984 | February 18, 1988 | Non-Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 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 | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 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 | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 19 | Jean T. Fournier | July 26, 2000 | August 31, 2000 | July 2004 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| — | 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 | | Paul Martin (2003-2006) | |
| — | 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 | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| — | Charles Reeves (Acting High Commissioner) | December 14, 2014 | | August 24, 2015 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 22 | Paul Maddison | June 22, 2015 | August 25, 2015 | May 27, 2019 | Non-Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| — | 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 | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |