List of Canadian ambassadors and high commissioners to Ireland

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The Canadian Embassy in Dublin, on the Grand Canal

This is a list of Canadian ambassadors and high commissioners to Ireland.

From 1928 to 1949 Canada sent High Commissioners to the Irish Free State, which was a fellow member of the Commonwealth at the time.

With the passage of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, Ireland left the Commonwealth, and Canada and Ireland have exchanged ambassadors since.

Canadian embassy and official residence[]

The Canadian Embassy is located at 7-8 Wilton Terrace in Dublin near St Stephen's Green.

The ambassador lives at 22 Oakley Road, Ranelagh a rowhouse in The Triangle area. From 1954 to 2008 the ambassador lived at Strathmore in Killiney.

Canadian High Commissioners to the Irish Free State and the Dominion of Ireland[]

From 1928 to 1949, while Ireland was a member state of the British Commonwealth of Nations, the Dominion of Canada and the Irish Free State (Dominion of Ireland from 1937 to 1949) exchanged High Commissioners.

High Commissioner Start of Term End of Term
John Hall Kelly December 28, 1929 March 9, 1941 [NB 1][NB 2]
July 31, 1941
November 19, 1945 May 4, 1946 [NB 1]
Edward Joseph Garland May 4, 1946 March 19, 1947
Hon. William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon October 24, 1946 June 30, 1949 [NB 3]

Canadian ambassadors to the Republic of Ireland[]

From 1949 onwards, after Ireland left the Commonwealth, Canada and the Republic of Ireland have exchanged Ambassadors.

Ambassador Start of Term End of Term
David Moffat Johnson July 17, 1949 December 1949 [NB 3]
Hon. William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon January 23, 1950 April 20, 1955
January 23, 1950 July 17, 1950 [NB 4]
August 16, 1955 July 7, 1963
July 7, 1963 March 29, 1965 [NB 4]
November 6, 1964 March 22, 1968
October 8, 1968
May 25, 1972 August 31, 1976
Albert Edgar Ritchie June 29, 1976 November 7, 1980
February 12, 1981
Hon. Edgar J. Benson September 3, 1982
1985 May 12, 1986 [NB 4]
Dennis McDermott January 28, 1986 May 24, 1989
August 24, 1989 October 22, 1994
July 12, 1994 October 4, 1996
September 24, 1996 September 11, 1998
Ron Irwin September 4, 1998
October 10, 2001 August 1, 2002 [NB 4]
July 2, 2002 August 8, 2006
September 20, 2006 December 7, 2006
December 7, 2006 August 30, 2007 [NB 4]
Pat Binns August 30, 2007 November 19, 2010 [NB 5]
Loyola Hearn November 19, 2010 January 19, 2015 [NB 5]
Kevin Vickers January 19, 2015 March 2, 2019 [1][NB 5]
Nancy Smyth Upcoming

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Died in office
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b High Commissioner Kelly is the only Canadian head of mission to be buried in Ireland, where he died in office as High Commissioner.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Canada severed its formal association with Ireland[citation needed] on 17 April 1949. The Canadian Embassy in the Republic of Ireland was established on 17 July 1949, with representatives having the rank of Ambassador.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Ambassadors Binns, Hearn and Vickers are a few Irish-Canadians whom have had the honour of serving in the post.

References[]

  1. ^ "Kevin Vickers named ambassador to Ireland". CBC News. 8 January 2015.

See also[]

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