Paul Maddison

Paul A. Maddison
Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Royal Canadian Navy
Years of service	1975-2013
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands held	HMCS Iroquois Maritime Forces Atlantic
Battles/wars	Gulf War
Awards	Commander of the Order of Military Merit Meritorious Service Medal Canadian Forces Decoration Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)

Vice-Admiral Paul A. Maddison, CMM, MSM, CD is a retired officer of the Royal Canadian Navy. He served as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy from 2011 to 2013. Since 2015, he has served as the Canadian High Commissioner in Australia.

Career

Maddison joined the Canadian Forces in 1975.^[1] In 1980, he graduated from Royal Military College Saint-Jean with a Bachelor of Arts. He served on various vessels and in appointments with both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. In 1991, he deployed to the Persian Gulf with the Canadian Task Group.^[1]

From 1994-1996, Maddison served as Executive Officer for the frigate HMCS Winnipeg. This was followed by his first command, HMCS Calgary, from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2002, he was posted to NORAD headquarters. From 2002 to 2004 he captained the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, a period which included a deployment to the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea as part of Combined Task Force 151.^[1]

In 2005, Maddison's career shifted to National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, where he became Director General of Maritime Force Development and then Commander of the Standing Contingency Task Force the following year. In 2007 he became Assistant Chief of Military Personnel. In May 2008, Maddison assumed command of the navy's Atlantic fleet, Maritime Forces Atlantic, as well as Joint Task Force Atlantic, the military organization responsible for domestic operations in Atlantic Canada.^[2]

In August 2010, he became the Assistant Chief of the Maritime Staff under Vice-Admiral Dean McFadden. Upon McFadden's retirement from the Canadian Forces on July 21, 2011, Maddison became Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy before retiring in 2013.^[2]

In June 2015, Maddison was appointed as the High Commissioner for Australia to Canada. ^[3]

Honours and awards

	Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)
	Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)
	Gulf and Kuwait Medal	with Clasp
	South-West Asia Service Medal	with Clasp
	Special Service Medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal	2012
	Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)	with two Clasps
	Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)	26 April 2013

References

1 2 3 VAdm Paul Maddison: plotting a future course for the RCN Esprit de Corps, 1 May 2012
1 2 Speaker Biographies
↑ http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=992749

Military offices
Preceded by Dean McFadden	Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy 2011-2013	Succeeded by Mark Norman

Commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy

Directors of the Naval Service	Charles Kingsmill Walter Hose

Chiefs of the Naval Staff	Walter Hose Percy Nelles George Jones Howard Reid Harold Grant Rollo Mainguy Harry DeWolf Herbert Rayner

Commanders, Maritime Command	William Landymore John O'Brien Henry Porter Robert Timbrell Douglas Boyle Andrew Collier John Allan Andrew Fulton James Wood Charles Thomas Robert George John Anderson Peter Cairns Larry Murray Lynn Mason

Chiefs of the Maritime Staff	Gary Garnett Greg Maddison Ronald Buck Bruce MacLean Drew Robertson Dean McFadden

Commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy	Paul Maddison Mark Norman Ron Lloyd

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