Attorney-General of Victoria
| Attorney-General of Victoria | |
|---|---|
since 4 December 2014 | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor of Victoria on the recommendation of the Premier of Victoria |
| Inaugural holder | Sir William Stawell |
| Formation | 1851 |
The Attorney-General of Victoria, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for Victoria,[1] is a ministry of the Government of Victoria with responsibility for the state's courts and tribunals. The Attorney General is a senior minister in the state government and the First Law Officer of the State.
The current Attorney-General of Victoria, since December 2014, is Martin Pakula of the Australian Labor Party.
List of Attorneys-General of Victoria
| Name | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| William Stawell | 15 Jul 1851 | 24 Feb 1857 |
| Thomas Howard Fellows | 25 Feb 1857 | 10 Mar 1857 |
| Henry Samuel Chapman | 11 Mar 1857 | 28 Apr 1857 |
| Archibald Michie | 29 Apr 1857 | 9 Mar 1858 |
| Henry Samuel Chapman | 10 Mar 1858 | 26 Oct 1859 |
| John Wood | 27 Oct 1859 | 25 Nov 1860 |
| Richard Davies Ireland | 26 Nov 1860 | 28 Jul 1861 |
| Butler Cole Aspinall | 29 Jul 1861 | 13 Nov 1861 |
| Richard Davies Ireland | 14 Nov 1861 | 26 Jun 1863 |
| George Higinbotham | 27 Jun 1863 | 5 May 1868 |
| Morgan McDonnell | 6 May 1868 | 10 Jul 1868 |
| George Paton Smith | 11 Jul 1868 | 19 Sep 1869 |
| Morgan McDonnell | 20 Sep 1869 | 8 Apr 1870 |
| Archibald Michie | 9 Apr 1870 | 19 Jun 1871 |
| Robert Walsh | 5 Jul 1871 | 9 Jun 1872 |
| James W. Stephen | 10 Jun 1872 | 1 May 1874[2] |
| George Kerferd | 2 May 1874[2][3] | 7 Aug 1875 |
| Robert Le Poer Trench | 9 Aug 1875 | 19 Oct 1875 |
| George Kerferd | 20 Oct 1875 | 20 May 1877 |
| Robert Le Poer Trench | 22 May 1877 | 26 Mar 1878 |
| Bryan O’Loghlen | 27 Mar 1878 | 4 Apr 1880 |
| George Kerferd | 5 Mar 1880 | 2 Aug 1880 |
| William Kinsey Vale | 3 Aug 1880 | 8 Jul 1881 |
| Bryan O’Loghlen | 9 Jul 1881 | 7 Mar 1883 |
| George Kerferd | 8 Mar 1883 | 1 Jan 1886 |
| Henry John Wrixon | 18 Feb 1886 | 4 Nov 1890 |
| William Shiels | 5 Nov 1890 | 15 Feb 1892 |
| John Gavan Duffy | 16 Feb 1892 | 27 Apr 1892 |
| William Shiels | 28 Apr 1892 | 22 Jan 1893 |
| Bryan O’Loghlen | 23 Jan 1893 | 26 Sep 1894 |
| Isaac Isaacs | 27 Sep 1894 | 4 Dec 1899 |
| William Irvine | 5 Dec 1899 | 18 Nov 1900 |
| Isaac Isaacs | 19 Nov 1900 | 3 Jun 1901 |
| Samuel Gillott | 4 Jun 1901 | 9 Jun 1902 |
| William Irvine | 10 Jun 1901 | 6 Sep 1903 |
| John Mark Davies | 7 Sep 1903 | 7 Jan 1909 |
| James Drysdale Brown | 8 Jan 1909 | 8 Dec 1913 |
| William Evans | 9 Dec 1913 | 21 Dec 1913 |
| Donald Mackinnon | 22 Dec 1913 | 8 Nov 1915 |
| Harry Lawson | 9 Nov 1915 | 28 Nov 1917 |
| Agar Wynne | 29 Nov 1917 | 20 Mar 1918 |
| Harry Lawson | 21 Mar 1918 | 20 Oct 1919 |
| Arthur Robinson | 21 Oct 1919 | 10 Jul 1924 |
| Henry Cohen | 11 Jul 1924 | 17 Jul 1924 |
| Bill Slater | 18 Jul 1924 | 17 Nov 1924 |
| Frederic Eggleston | 18 Nov 1924 | 27 Apr 1927 |
| John Allan | 28 Apr 1927 | 19 May 1927 |
| Bill Slater | 20 May 1927 | 21 Nov 1928 |
| Ian Macfarlan | 26 Nov 1928 | 11 Dec 1929 |
| Bill Slater | 12 Dec 1929 | 18 May 1932 |
| Robert Menzies | 19 May 1932 | 24 Jul 1934 |
| Ian Macfarlan | 25 Jul 1934 | 1 Apr 1935 |
| Albert Bussau | 2 Apr 1935 | 18 Apr 1938 |
| Henry Bailey | 26 Apr 1938 | 13 Sep 1943 |
| Bill Slater | 14 Sep 1943 | 17 Sep 1943 |
| Ian Macfarlan | 18 Sep 1943 | 20 Nov 1945 |
| Bill Slater | 21 Nov 1945 | 19 Nov 1947 |
| Trevor Oldham | 20 Nov 1947 | 26 Jun 1950 |
| Thomas Walter Mitchell | 27 Jun 1950 | 27 Oct 1952 |
| Thomas Hollway | 28 Oct 1952 | 30 Oct 1952 |
| Thomas Walter Mitchell | 31 Oct 1952 | 16 Dec 1952 |
| Bill Slater | 17 Dec 1952 | 6 Jun 1955 |
| William Leggatt | 7 Jun 1955 | 7 Jun 1955 |
| Arthur Rylah | 8 Jun 1955 | 8 May 1967 |
| George Reid | 9 May 1967 | 29 May 1973 |
| Vernon Wilcox | 30 May 1973 | 30 Mar 1976 |
| Alan Hunt | 31 Mar 1976 | 5 May 1976 |
| Haddon Storey | 6 May 1976 | 7 Apr 1982 |
| John Cain II | 8 Apr 1982 | 7 Sep 1983 |
| Jim Kennan | 8 Sep 1983 | 13 Dec 1987 |
| Andrew McCutcheon | 14 Dec 1987 | 1 Apr 1990 |
| Jim Kennan | 2 Apr 1990 | 5 Oct 1992 |
| Jan Wade | 6 Oct 1992 | 19 Oct 1999 |
| Rob Hulls | 20 Oct 1999 | 2 Dec 2010 |
| Robert Clark | 2 Dec 2010 | 4 Dec 2014 |
| Martin Pakula | 4 Dec 2014 | present |
References
- Complete list of Australian Federal, State and Territory Attorney-General's (Compiled by Patrick O'Neill) retrieved November 2012
- ^ See, e.g., Bullivant v Attorney-General for Victoria [1900] AC 196; Ryan v Attorney General for Victoria [1967] VR 514
- ^ a b "Statistical Register of the State of Victoria" (PDF). 1908.
- ^ "Friday, May 1, 1874". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 May 1874. p. 4.