List of ambassadors of Canada to the United States
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This is a list of ambassadors of Canada to the United States, formally titled as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America for His [Her] Majesty's Government in Canada. Originally, Canada's top diplomatic representative to the U.S. had the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The title was promoted to the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1943, during the period when Leighton McCarthy had the post.
Before November 25, 1926, Canada was represented in Washington D.C. by the British ambassador to the United States.
Most Canadian ambassadors to the United States have been political appointees to the position. A few (Chrétien, Pearson, Charles Ritchie, Edgar Ritchie, Kirsten Hillman, and Wrong) were career diplomats or spent most of their career at the Department of External Affairs (or its successors).
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
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! # !! Name !! Picture !! Took office !! Left office !! Prime Minister(s) |
| 1
| Image:Vincent Massey 1927.jpg | November 25, 1926 | July 23, 1930 |
| —
| H. H. Wrong (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) |Image:Humphrey Hume Wrong c1915.jpg | July 23, 1930 | March 9, 1931 |
| 2
| Image:Photograph of William Duncan Herridge (d. 1961) (10613346053).jpg | March 9, 1931 | 1935 |
| —
| H. H. Wrong (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) |Image:Humphrey Hume Wrong c1915.jpg | 1935 | 1936 |
| 3
| Image:HerbertMeredithMarler.jpg | 1936 | 1939 |
| 4
| | 1939 | 1941 |
| 5
| 1941 | 1943 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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! # !! Name !! Picture !! Took office !! Left office !! Prime Minister(s) |
| 5
| 1943 | 1944 |
| 6
|1944 |1946 |
| 7
|Image:Humphrey Hume Wrong c1915.jpg |1946 |1953 |
| 8
|1953 |1957 |
| 9
|1957 |1958 |
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|1959 |1962 |
| 10
| |1962 |1966 |
| 11
| |1966 |1970 |
| 12
|1970 |1975 |
| 13
| |1975 |1977 |
| 14
| |1977 |1981 |
| 15
|1981 |1989 |
| 16
|1989 |1993 |
| 17
| |1993 |1994 |
| 18
|1994 |2000 |
| 19
| |October 26, 2000 |February 28, 2005 |
| 20
|March 8, 2005 |March 13, 2006 |
| 21
|March 13, 2006 |October 19, 2009 |
| 22
|October 19, 2009 |March 3, 2016 |
| 23
|March 3, 2016 |August 31, 2019 |
| 24
|Kirsten Hillman[https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/us-eu/washington-rep.aspx?lang=eng], Acting Ambassador of Canada to the United States. Government of Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kirsten-hillman-us-ambassador-1.5510279], Kirsten Hillman officially named Canadian ambassador to the United States. CBC. Retrieved March 25, 2020. |March 26, 2020 Acting Ambassador |Incumbent |
See also
References
- {{cite web|url=http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/history/hplsearch-en.asp|title=Canadian Heads of Posts Abroad from 1880|work=Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade}}
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