Arnold Danford Patrick Heeney (April 5, 1902 – December 20, 1970) was a

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and

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. He was born in

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. He was educated at St. John's College, Winnipeg and received a

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degree in 1921 and a

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degree in 1923 both from the

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. As the

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he went on to St. John's College, Oxford before returning to

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, earning a

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degree at

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. Specializing in Maritime law, in 1929 he joined the

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law firm of Meredith, Holden, Heward & Holden. In one of his last cases with the firm, he successfully represented

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against the City of Westmount. In 1938, he took the position of

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to Prime Minister

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. From 1940 to 1949, he was Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet. He was perhaps the most important civil servant during

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In 1949, he became Under Secretary of State for External Affairs, then Ambassador to the

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. He was Canada's Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1957 and 1959 to 1962. In 1968, he was made a Companion of the

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. He died in Ottawa in 1970.

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