Marie Joseph Hector Allard (May 11, 1902 – March 24, 1984) was a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

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. He was the Permanent Delegate to the

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and in 1957, appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to

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Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

, and

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

, and in 1960, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Denmark. He was born in

St. Laurent, Manitoba St. Laurent (French: ''Saint-Laurent'') is a community on the eastern shore of Lake Manitoba. It lies within the boundaries of the Rural Municipality of St. Laurent, from Winnipeg. A historically-Métis settlement, St. Laurent is one of the ...

''Manitoba, Canada, Birth Index, 1870-1917'' and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.

References

Sources

* *''The Canadian Who's who''. (1983)

External links

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts

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. The description of the fonds is in French. 1902 births 1984 deaths Ambassadors of Canada to Haiti Franco-Manitoban people People from Interlake Region, Manitoba Permanent Representatives of Canada to the United Nations Ambassadors of Canada to Cuba Ambassadors of Canada to the Dominican Republic Ambassadors of Canada to Denmark {{Canada-diplomat-stub