List of ambassadors of Canada to the United States
This is a list of Canadian envoys to the United States, formally titled as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America for Her Majesty's Government in Canada. Until 1943, Canada's representative had the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, after which the position was promoted to the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, while Leighton McCarthy occupied the position.
Most ambassadors have been political appointees to the post, a few (Chrétien, Pearson, Charles Ritchie, Edgar Ritchie and Wrong) were career diplomats or spend most of their career at the Department of External Affairs.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Vincent Massey - 1927–1930
- H. H. Wrong, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim - 1930-1931
- W.D. Herridge - 1931–1935
- H. H. Wrong, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim - 1935-1936
- Sir Herbert Marler - 1936–1939
- Loring Christie - 1939–1941
- Leighton McCarthy - 1941–1943
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Leighton McCarthy - 1943–1944
- Lester B. Pearson - 1944–1946
- H. H. Wrong - 1946–1953
- A.D.P. Heeney - 1953–1957
- Norman Robertson - 1957–1958
- A.D.P. Heeney - 1959 –1962
- C.S.A. Ritchie - 1962–1966
- A.E. Ritchie - 1966–1970
- Marcel Cadieux - 1970–1975
- Jake Warren - 1975–1977
- Peter Towe - 1977–1981
- Allan Gotlieb - 1981–1989
- Derek Burney - 1989–1993
- John de Chastelain - 1993–1994
- Raymond Chrétien - 1994–2000
- Michael Kergin - 2000–2005
- Frank McKenna - 2005-2006
- Michael Wilson - 2006-2009
- Gary Doer - 2009-2016
- David MacNaughton - 2016-present
See also
References
- "Canadian Heads of Posts Abroad from 1880". Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.