James Scott Macdonald (1896
-1985
) was a Canadian career diplomat. He was born in
Goldenville
Goldenville is a small community located near to Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia in the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's. The community is mainly a forestry community but also has a gold mining museum.
History
Nelson Nickerson found gold in ...
,
Nova Scotia. He graduated Queen's University, and served in the
First World War from 1915 to 1919.
He was married to Caroline Ruth Wilson (1899–1986).
Career
Macdonald worked for the
Department of Trade and Commerce from 1926 until 1928 and then was appointed to the
Department of External Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
in 1928, where he served in postings in Paris, Geneva, and Washington. He acted as a technical advisor on trade negotiations with France and Australia and was Secretary of the Canadian delegation at the
Imperial Economic Conference of 1932. He was also acting Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs in 1937.
He served as Canadian High Commissioner to Newfoundland from 1944 to 1948, Canadian Ambassador to Brazil from 1948 to 1951, to Yugoslavia from 1951 to 1956, and to Austria from 1957 to 1961.
In the latter role, he helped facilitate the immigration to Canada of Hungarian forestry students from
Sopron University who had fled to refugee camps in Austria after the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Death
He died in
Amherstview on September 3, 1985.
References
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Ambassadors of Canada to Yugoslavia
Ambassadors of Canada to Austria
Ambassadors of Canada to Brazil
High commissioners of Canada to the Dominion of Newfoundland
1896 births
1985 deaths