John Short Larke

John Short Larke was Canada's first trade commissioner, representing the country in Australia starting in 1894.

Contents 1 Life before 1894 2 Post-1894, representing Canada 3 External links 4 References

Life before 1894

John Short Larke was born near Stratton, Cornwall, England, on May 28 1840.^[1] Between 1865 and 1878, Larke bought out the owners of the Oshawa Vindicator, becoming the sole proprietor of a strongly pro-Conservative newspaper.^[2]

Post-1894, representing Canada

In 1894, Larke became Canada's first trade commissioner following a successful trade delegation to Australia led by Canada's first Minister of Trade and Commerce, Mackenzie Bowell.^[3] Arriving in Sydney in 1895, Larke was tasked with developing the market for Canadian products in Australia, developing a list of Canadian suppliers for promoting sales to Australia, and reporting back to Ottawa regarding market conditions. During Larke’s years as a Trade Commissioner, the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service expanded from one man to twenty-one, representing Canada in sixteen countries^[4]. Today, the Trade Commissioner Service, part of the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, operates over 150 offices in over 100 countries around the world.

External links

• Speech made J.S. Larke, to the Empire Club of Canada (1905). Entitled Australia: Political and General Conditions

References

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