List of Canadian expatriates in foreign political positions
This page lists Canadians (those born in Canada or who have previously held Canadian Citizenship) who have served in political positions outside of Canada. When an individual has held multiple political offices (such as Bonar Law) the higher office attained is listed. This list does not include individuals who served in political offices which were later absorbed into Canadian Confederation, such as those who served in the Dominion of Newfoundland.
Head of State[edit]
Indicates birth or residence in a pre-Confederated colony or dominion.
Individual | Position | Country | Years | Notes |
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Frederick Broome | Governor of Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | 1891–1897 | Born in Canada |
Ted Leather | Governor of Bermuda | Bermuda | 1973–1977 | Born in Toronto, Ontario |
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | President of Latvia | Latvia | 1999–2007 | Arrived in Canada as a refugee in the 1950s. Renounced her Canadian Citizenship upon being elected President of Latvia. |
Head of Government[edit]
Individual | Position | Country | Years | Notes |
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Bonar Law | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1922–1923 | Born in Kingston, New Brunswick |
Paula Cox | Premier of Bermuda | Bermuda | 2010–2012 | Born in Canada |
Leader of a State or Province[edit]
Individual | Position | Country | Years | Notes |
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Jacob Dolson Cox | Governor of Ohio | United States | 1866–1868 | Born in Montreal, Quebec (to American parents) |
Frank Bell | Governor of Nevada | United States | 1890–1891 | Born in Toronto, Ontario |
Aram J. Pothier | Governor of Rhode Island | United States | 1909–1915 1925–1928 |
Born in Quebec |
Oswald West | Governor of Oregon | United States | 1911–1915 | Born in Guelph, Ontario |
Frank Henry Cooney | Governor of Montana | United States | 1933–1935 | Born in Norwood, Ontario |
Stan Stephens | Governor of Montana | United States | 1989–1993 | Born in Calgary, Alberta |
Leneen Forde | Governor of Queensland | Australia | 1992–1997 | Born in Ottawa, Ontario |
Jennifer Granholm | Governor of Michigan | United States | 2003–2011 | Born in Vancouver, British Columbia |
Member of a federal legislature[edit]
Australia[edit]
Individual | Position | State | Years | Notes |
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Simon Fraser | Senate | Victoria | 1901–1913 | Born in Pictou, Nova Scotia |
Doug Cash | House of Representatives | Western Australia | 1958–1961 | Born in Manitoba |
Nigel Bowen | House of Representatives | New South Wales | 1964–1973 | Born in Summerland, British Columbia |
Larissa Waters | Senate | Queensland | 2011–2017 | Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Italy[edit]
Individual | Position | Country | Years | Notes |
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Gino Bucchino | Member of the Chamber of Deputies | Italy | 2006–present | Naturalized Canadian. Represents Italians in North America |
New Zealand[edit]
Individual | Position | Country | Years | Notes |
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George Armstrong | Member of Parliament | New Zealand | 1866–1870 | Born in Nova Scotia |
United Kingdom[edit]
Individual | Position | Country | Years | Notes |
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George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1891–1921 | |
Edward Blake | Member of Parliament | United Kingdom | 1892–1906 | Born in Upper Canada. Also served as Premier of Ontario and Canadian federal MP |
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1897–1914 | Born in Scotland. Also served as a Canadian Member of Parliament |
Arthur Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1898–1907 | Born in Nova Scotia |
Charles Ramsay Devlin | Member of Parliament | United Kingdom | 1903–1906 | Born in Lower Canada. Also served in Canada. |
J. Allen Baker | Member of Parliament | United Kingdom | 1905–1918 | Born in Trenton, Ontario |
Thomas Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1916–1923 | Born in the United States. Canadian Railroad Baron |
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Member of Parliament, Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1910–1916, 1917–1964 | Canadian Press Baron, served in Winston Churchill's war cabinet |
Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1917–1938 | Canadian Press Baron, while elevator to the peerage, he never formally took his seat in the house of lords. |
Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1918–1935 | former Prime Minister of Newfoundland |
John Elsdale Molson | Member of Parliament | United Kingdom | 1918–1923 | Born in Canada |
William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1921–1924 | Born in Quebec |
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker | Member of Parliament, Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1929–1931, 1936–1970, 1970-1982 | Born in England to a Canadian-born father |
Hugh Molson, Baron Molson | Member of Parliament, Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1931–1935, 1939–1961, 1961–1991 | |
Beverley Baxter | Member of Parliament | United Kingdom | 1935–1964 | Born in Toronto |
Michael William Morris, 2nd Baron Morris | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1935–1975 | Son of Edward Morris, inherited title |
R. B. Bennett | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1941–1947 | former Prime Minister of Canada |
Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet | Member of Parliament | United Kingdom | 1945–1950 | Born in Montreal to Lord Beaverbrook. Disclaimed his father's title. |
William Aitken | Member of Parliament | United Kingdom | 1950–1964 | Born in Nova Scotia |
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1964–1976 | Born in Toronto. Renounced his Canadian Citizenship to take his seat. |
Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1976–1999 | Son of Roy Thomson, did not bother taking his seat in the House of Lords. |
Oliver Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 1998–1999 | Lives in Manitoba. Removed by the House of Lords Act 1999 |
Conrad Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour | Member of the House of Lords | United Kingdom | 2001–present | Born in Canada, renounced his Canadian Citizenship to become a British Lord. Currently on leave of absence. |
United States[edit]
Individual | Position | State | Years | Notes |
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Charles Wentworth Upham | Representative | Massachusetts | 1853–1855 | Born in Saint John, New Brunswick |
James Nesmith | Senator Representative |
Oregon | 1861–1867 1873–1875 |
Born in New Brunswick (to American parents) |
John F. Farnsworth | Representative | Illinois | 1863–1873 | Born in Eaton, Canada (possibly Cookshire-Eaton, Quebec) |
John Fox | Representative | New York | 1867–1871 | Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick |
James H. Platt Jr. | Representative | Virginia | 1867–1871 | Born in Saint John, New Brunswick |
John M. Davy | Representative | New York | 1875–1877 | Born in Ottawa, Ontario |
Andrew Williams | Representative | New York | 1875–1877 | Born in Ormstown, Quebec |
Jacob Dolson Cox | Representative | Ohio | 1877–1879 | Born in Montreal, Quebec (to American parents) |
David H. Armstrong | Senator | Missouri | 1877–1879 | Born in Nova Scotia |
William W. Grout | Representative | Vermont | 1881–1883 1885–1901 |
Born in Compton, Quebec (to American parents) |
James Henry McLean | Representative | Missouri | 1882–1883 | Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, immigrated to Nova Scotia during his youth before relocating to the United States. |
Isaac Stephenson | Representative Senator |
Wisconsin | 1883–1889 1907–1915 |
Born in Yorkton, New Brunswick |
Jacob Harold Gallinger | Representative Senator |
New Hampshire | 1885–1889 1891–1918 |
Born in Cornwall, Ontario |
John L. MacDonald | Representative | Minnesota | 1887–1889 | Born in Glasgow, Scotland, immigrated to Nova Scotia during his youth before relocating to the United States. |
William James Connell | Representative | Nebraska | 1889–1891 | Born in Cowansville, Quebec |
James McMillan | Senator | Michigan | 1889–1902 | Born in Hamilton, Ontario |
Samuel M. Stephenson | Representative | Michigan | 1889–1897 | Born in Hartland, New Brunswick |
David Archibald Harvey | Delegate | Oklahoma Territory | 1890–1893 | Born in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia |
James Castle | Representative | Minnesota | 1891–1893 | Born in Shefford, Quebec |
Jerry Simpson | Representative | Kansas | 1891–1895 1897–1899 |
Born in Prince Edward Island |
John L. Jolley | Representative | South Dakota | 1891–1893 | Born in Montreal, Quebec |
James McCleary | Representative | Minnesota | 1893–1907 | Born in Ingersoll, Ontario |
Arthur H. Taylor | Representative | Indiana | 1893–1895 | Born in Caledonia Springs, Ontario |
William J. White | Representative | Ohio | 1893–1895 | Born in Rice Lake, Ontario |
Samuel A. Cook | Representative | Wisconsin | 1895–1901 | Born in Ontario |
Alexander M. Hardy | Representative | Indiana | 1895–1897 | Born in Simcoe, Ontario |
Alexander Stewart | Representative | Wisconsin | 1895–1901 | Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick |
William Connell | Representative | Pennsylvania | 1897–1903 1904–1905 |
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia |
James A. Hughes | Representative | West Virginia | 1901–1915 1927–1930 |
Born in Corunna, Ontario |
Thomas Kearns | Senator | Utah | 1901–1905 | Born in Woodstock, Ontario |
Joseph Millard | Senator | Nebraska | 1901–1907 | Born in Hamilton, Ontario |
Bernard Shandon Rodey | Delegate | New Mexico Territory | 1901–1905 | Born in County Mayo, Ireland, immigrated to Sherbrooke, Quebec during his youth before relocating to the United States. |
Philip P. Campbell | Representative | Kansas | 1903–1923 | Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia |
Alfred Lucking | Representative | Michigan | 1903–1905 | Born in Ingersoll, Ontario |
Duncan E. McKinlay | Representative | California | 1905–1911 | Born in Orilla, Ontario |
Archibald C. Hart | Representative | New Jersey | 1912–1913 1913–1917 |
Born in Lennoxville, Quebec |
Robert G. Bremner | Representative | New Jersey | 1913–1914 | Born in Reiss, Scotland, immigrated to Orangeville, Ontario during his youth before relocating to the United States. |
Jacob Falconer | Representative | Washington | 1913–1915 | Born in Ontario |
George M. Young | Representative | North Dakota | 1913–1924 | Born in Lakelet, Ontario |
James H. Sinclair | Representative | North Dakota | 1919–1935 | Born in St. Marys, Ontario |
William W. Chalmers | Representative | Ohio | 1921–1923 1925–1931 |
Born in Strathroy, Ontario |
Samuel D. Nicholson | Senator | Colorado | 1921–1923 | Born in Springfield, Prince Edward Island |
Elliott W. Sproul | Representative | Illinois | 1921–1931 | Born in Apohaqui, New Brunswick |
Daniel Sutherland | Delegate | Alaska Territory | 1921–1931 | Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia |
James J. Couzens | Senator | Michigan | 1922–1936 | Born in Chatham, Ontario |
Charles Aubrey Eaton | Representative | New Jersey | 1925–1953 | Born in Pugwash, Nova Scotia |
Louis Monast | Representative | Rhode Island | 1927–1929 | Born in Marieville de Monior, Iberville, Quebec |
William R. Eaton | Representative | Colorado | 1929–1933 | Born in Pugwash, Nova Scotia |
Felix Hebert | Senator | Rhode Island | 1929–1935 | Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec |
J. Lincoln Newhall | Representative | Kentucky | 1929–1931 | Born in Hunterstown, Quebec |
Michael J. Hart | Representative | Michigan | 1931–1935 | Born in Waterloo, Quebec |
James E. Murray | Senator | Montana | 1934–1961 | Born in St. Thomas, Ontario |
Albert G. Rutherford | Representative | Pennsylvania | 1937–1941 | Born in Watford, Ontario |
Alphonse Roy | Representative | New Hampshire | 1938–1939 | Born in Saint-Simon, Montérégie, Quebec |
George F. Rogers | Representative | New York | 1945–1947 | Born in Harwood, Ontario |
Chase G. Woodhouse | Representative | Connecticut | 1945–1947 1949–1951 |
Born in Victoria, British Columbia |
John C. Mackie | Representative | Michigan | 1965–1967 | Born in Toronto, Ontario |
Weston E. Vivian | Representative | Michigan | 1965–1967 | Born in the Dominion of Newfoundland |
S. I. Hayakawa | Senator | California | 1977–1983 | Born in Vancouver, British Columbia |
Geoff Davis | Representative | Kentucky | 2005–2012 | Born in Montreal, Quebec (to American parents) |
Ted Cruz | Senator | Texas | 2013–present | Born in Calgary, Alberta |
Sean Patrick Maloney | Representative | New York | 2013–present | Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec (to American parents) |
Cabinet Ministers[edit]
Individual | Position | Country | Years | Notes |
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Jacob Dolson Cox | Secretary of the Interior | United States | 1869–1870 | Born in Montreal, Quebec (to American parents) |
Franklin Knight Lane | Secretary of the Interior | United States | 1913–1920 | Born in DeSable, Prince Edward Island |
Nigel Bowen | Minister for Education and Science Attorney-General for Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Australia | 1966–1972 | Born in Summerland, British Columbia |
Gojko Šušak | Minister of Defense | Croatia | 1991–1998 | Naturalized Canadian |
Gregory So | Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development | Hong Kong | 2011–2017 | Naturalized Canadian. Renounced Citizenship upon accepting his position. |
Municipal[edit]
Individual | Position | Country | Years | Notes |
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Solomon Juneau | founding Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin | United States | 1846 | Born in Repentigny, Quebec to Metis parents |
Damien Marchesseault | Mayor of Los Angeles, California | United States | 1859–1860, 1861–1865, 1867 | Born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec |
Ezra Millard | Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska | United States | 1869–1871 | Born in Ontario |
Joseph Medill | Mayor of Chicago, Illinois | United States | 1870–1872 | Born in New Brunswick |
Joseph Millard | Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska | United States | 1872–1873 | Born in Hamilton, Ontario |
Woodford A. Yerxa | Mayor of Fargo, North Dakota | United States | 1883–1885 | born in St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada, March 1856 |
Charles Scott | Mayor of Fargo, North Dakota | United States | 1886–1887 | Born in Canada about 1850 |
Walter Lambert | Mayor of Wyandotte, Michigan | United States | 1895–1897 | Born in Amherstberg, Canada |
Samuel Dickie | Mayor of Albion, Michigan | United States | 1896–1897 | Born in Burford Township, Ontario |
Finlay Ross | Mayor of Wichita, Kansas | United States | 1897–1900, 1905–1906 | Born in Toronto, Ontario |
Victor A. Alderson | Mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin | United States | 1900 | Born in Summerville, Ontario |
Benjamin Franklin McLean | Mayor of Wichita, Kansas | United States | 1901–1904, 1923–1924 | Born in Canada |
Owen McAleer | Mayor of Los Angeles, California | United States | 1901–1904, 1923–1924 | Born in Canada |
J. Stitt Wilson | Mayor of Berkeley, California | United States | 1911–1913 | Born in Canada |
James J. Couzens | Mayor of Detroit, Michigan | United States | 1919–1922 | Born in Chatham, Ontario |
Hubert S. Amiot | Mayor of Wyandotte, Michigan | United States | 1922–1927 | Born in Windsor, Ontario |
Jon Heese | Tsukuba city councilor | Japan | 2008–present | Born in Manitoba. Renounced his citizenship to become a Japanese national |
High Office in a Foreign Political Party[edit]
Individual | Party | Country | Years | Notes |
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Jack Kavanagh | Communist Party of Australia | Australia | 1930s |
Misc[edit]
- Joe Juneau - Founder of the City of Juneau, Alaska - Born in Quebec
- Abdullahi Afrah - Naturalized Canadian who led the Islamic Courts Union, attempting to take over the government of Somalia. May have served as Minister of Trade in 2007 [1]
- Elie Vézina - Special United States Ambassador to Haiti. Born in Quebec [2]
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