Arthur Edward Blanchette (March 23, 1921 - August 30, 2003) was a Canadian diplomat.
[1][2] Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he graduated from the University of Montreal in 1940 and took his PhD in 1945 in Ottawa where he entered in the Latin-American section of the Wartime information board.
to Greece before returning home to a post in the department of francophone countries at External Affairs in Ottawa.
[5] After retiring from foreign service, Blanchette became director of the historical division of the Department of External Affairs.
[6] Blanchette was the editor of two volumes of speeches and papers entitled Canadian Foreign Policy.