Eldon Pattyson Black

Eldon Pattyson (Pat) Black (15 October 1925 – 3 November 1999) was a Canadian diplomat.[1][2]

Black was educated at Selwyn House School and studied law at McGill University.[3][4]

In 1967, Black was appointed minister (second-in-command) to the Embassy of Canada in France.[5] Canada–France relations were tense following Charles de Gaulle's Vive le Québec libre speech and, in 1969, Black was accused of interfering in French national elections.[6] Years later, in 1996, Black would publish a book titled Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974 (ISBN 0886292891).[7] Graham Fraser, in a review published in the International Journal, praised it as "a valuable account, clear and detailed in its description of the challenge Canadian diplomats faced in dealing, day-to-day, with an ally whose government had taken a decisively hostile position on the central question of Canada's future."[8]

Black returned to Canada where he took a position as a Department of External Affairs Foreign Service Officer working in foreign intelligence.[9] In 1978 Don Jamieson, Minister of External Affairs, asked Black to fill a new deputy under-secretary position in his department to deal with the increasing threat of terrorism.[9][10]

In 1985 he was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See.[11] Prior to that appointment he had been chargé d'affaires in Cairo.[12]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Pierre Dumas		 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See
1985-1989		 Succeeded by
Théodore Jean Arcand

References
  1. Lumley, Elizabeth (1999). The Canadian Who's Who. University of Toronto Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780802049315.
  2. Starnes, John K. (Spring 2000). "CASIS Remembers Eldon Pattyson ('Pat') Black" (PDF). CASIS Intelligence. Canadian Association for Security Intelligence Studies. p. 3. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  3. Selwyn House School Yearbook 1949
  4. Selwyn House School Yearbook 1962
  5. "Appointments". Montreal Gazette. 1 November 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  6. Creery, Tim (24 October 1969). "Meddling charge 'absurd'". Ottawa Citizen. Southam News. p. 1. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  7. Black, Eldon (1997). "Direct Intervention, November 1996". McGill-Queen's University Press. JSTOR j.ctt80nsv. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Fraser, Graham (Autumn 1997). "Canada Reviews". International Journal. 52 (4): 729. doi:10.2307/40203253. JSTOR 40203253.
  9. "Jamieson creates new security position". Star Phoenix. Canadian Press. 4 August 1978. p. 4. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  10. "International Perspectives". International Perspectives (2): 19. 1985.
  11. "Pope welcomes Canadian envoy". Toronto Star. 8 November 1985. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  12. "Clark announces series of diplomatic appointments". The Leader Post. Canadian Press. 29 June 1985. p. A16. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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