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==Life before 1894== |
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'''John Short Larke''' was born near [[Stratton, Cornwall|Stratton]], [[Cornwall]], [[England]], on May 28 1840<ref>[http://www.oldandsold.com/articles38/oshawa-19.shtml Minutes of banquet given in Larke's honour before his departure for Sydney.]</ref> |
'''John Short Larke''' was born near [[Stratton, Cornwall|Stratton]], [[Cornwall]], [[England]], on May 28 [[1840]].<ref>[http://www.oldandsold.com/articles38/oshawa-19.shtml Minutes of banquet given in Larke's honour before his departure for Sydney.]</ref> Between 1865 and 1878, Larke bought out the owners of the ''Oshawa Vindicator,'' becoming the sole proprietor of a strongly pro-Conservative newspaper<ref>[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0031597 The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Ontario Volume, 1880.]</ref>. |
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==Post-1894, representing Canada== |
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Revision as of 23:57, 16 June 2008
John Short Larke was Canada's first trade commissioner, representing the country in Australia starting in 1894.
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 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, operates 140 offices in over 100 countries around the world.
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