List of ambassadors of Canada to Chile

The ambassador of Canada to Chile is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Chile. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Republic of Chile. The ambassador of Canada to Chile is Michael Gort who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on September 24, 2020.^[1]

Ambassador of Canada to Chile
Incumbent Michael Gort since September 24, 2020
Seat	Santiago, Chile
Nominator	Prime Minister of Canada
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon
Formation	September 5, 1941

The Embassy of Canada is located at Nueva Tajamar 481, Torre Norte, 12th Floor, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Canada–Chile relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Chile were established on November 14, 1940, with the first ambassador, William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, appointed on the advice of Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King on July 31, 1941.^[2] The Canadian legation was given embassy status in 1945.^[2]

List of head of mission to Chile

No.	Name	Term of office			Career	Prime Minister nominated by		Ref.
		Start Date	PoC.	End Date
1	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon	September 5, 1941	January 2, 1942	February 27, 1943	Non-Career		W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948)
2	Warwick Fielding Chipman	November 4, 1942	February 27, 1943		Non-Career
3	Warwick Fielding Chipman	May 15, 1944	July 8, 1944	August 20, 1945	Non-Career
–	Jules Léger (Chargé d'Affaires)	August 21, 1945		April 3, 1947	Career
4	Colin Fraser Elliott	November 7, 1946	April 3, 1947	April 1950	Non-Career
–	Guy Vigneux Beaudry (Chargé d'Affaires)	April 1950		May 17, 1951	Career		Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957)
5	Léon Mayrand	February 18, 1951	May 17, 1951	April 1954	Career
–	Matthew Robert Macgowan Dale (Chargé d'Affaires)	April 1954			Career
6	Paul Émile Renaud	November 15, 1954	January 4, 1955	January 20, 1959	Career
–	Kenneth Bryce Williamson (Chargé d'Affaires)	January 31, 1959		March 4, 1960	Career		John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963)
7	Paul Tremblay	December 10, 1959	March 4, 1960	July 11, 1962	Career
–	Jean-Yves Grenon (Chargé d'Affaires)	July 11, 1962		January 5, 1963	Career
8	George Bernard Summers	October 23, 1962	January 5, 1963	June 23, 1970	Career
9	Andrew Donald Ross	February 25, 1971	April 28, 1971	June 24, 1975	Career		Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979)
10	André Réal Potvin	July 17, 1975	October 15, 1975	November 5, 1978	Career
11	Glen Garvie James David Buick	August 9, 1978	November 23, 1978	July 14, 1982	Career
12	Clayton George Bullis	September 22, 1982	October 7, 1982	October 1985	Career
13	Michel de Goumois	September 12, 1985	November 14, 1985	September 27, 1990	Career		Brian Mulroney (1984-1993)
14	Michael T. Mace	September 12, 1990	November 9, 1990		Career
15	Marc Lortie	January 5, 1993	August 4, 1993	August 8, 1997	Career
16	Lawrence Lederman	July 10, 1997	November 11, 1997		Career		Jean Chrétien (1993-2003)
17	Paul D. Durand	June 26, 2000			Career
18	Patrick Parisot	July 16, 2001	September 5, 2001	July 2003	Career
19	Bernard Giroux	July 31, 2003			Career
20	Norbert Kalisch	June 14, 2006			Career		Stephen Harper (2006-2015)
21	Sarah Fountain Smith	May 14, 2009			Career
22	Patricia Fuller	August 20, 2012	October 8, 2012	July 2015	Career
23	Marcel Lebleu	August 14, 2015	October 20, 2015	August 2017	Career
24	Patricia Pena	August 17, 2017	October 25, 2017	September 2020	Career		Justin Trudeau (2015-2025)
25	Michael Gort	September 24, 2020	December 9, 2020		Career			[1]

See also

• Canada–Chile relations
• List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Canada