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List of chief justices of Australia by time in office

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294 days
Sir Isaac Isaacs
Shortest serving
Chief Justice: 1930 - 1931

This is a list of Australian chief justices by time in office.

Chief justices of Australia

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Rank by
length
of term 		Chief Justice Appointed
by 		Date of
appointment 		Date of
retirement 		Length of
term 		Length of
retirement 		Date of death
 Order
by date
1 Barwick, GarfieldGarfield Barwick Menzies, RobertMenzies 27 April 1964 (1964-04-27) 11 February 1981 (1981-02-11) 6,1346,134 days 5,9975,997 days 1997-07-14(1997-07-14)14 July 1997 7
2 Latham, JohnJohn Latham Lyons, JosephLyons 11 October 1935 (1935-10-11) 7 April 1952 (1952-04-07) 6,0236,023 days 4,4924,492 days 1964-07-25(1964-07-25)25 July 1964 5
3 Griffith, SamuelSamuel Griffith Deakin, AlfredDeakin 5 October 1903 (1903-10-05) 17 October 1919 (1919-10-17) 5,8565,856 days 0,297297 days 1920-08-09(1920-08-09)9 August 1920 1
4 Dixon, OwenOwen Dixon Menzies, RobertMenzies 18 April 1952 (1952-04-18) 13 April 1964 (1964-04-13) 4,3784,378 days 3,0073,007 days 1972-07-07(1972-07-07)7 July 1972 6
5 Knox, AdrianAdrian Knox Hughes, BillyHughes 18 October 1919 (1919-10-18) 31 March 1930 (1930-03-31) 3,8173,817 days 0,758758 days 1932-04-27(1932-04-27)27 April 1932 2
6 Gleeson, MurrayMurray Gleeson Howard, JohnHoward 22 May 1998 (1998-05-22) 29 August 2008 (2008-08-29) 3,7523,752 days 0,5,9565,956 days 2024-12-19 11
7 French, RobertRobert French Rudd, KevinRudd 1 September 2008 (2008-09-01) 29 January 2017 0,3,0723,072 days 2,8812,881 days 2024-12-19 12
8 Mason, AnthonyAnthony Mason Hawke, BobHawke 6 February 1987 (1987-02-06) 20 April 1995 (1995-04-20) 2,9952,995 days 10,83610,836 days 2024-12-19 9
9 Kiefel, SusanSusan Kiefel Turnbull, MalcolmTurnbull 30 January 2017 (2017-01-30) 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05) 0,2,4702,880 days 410410 days 13
10 Gibbs, HarryHarry Gibbs Fraser, MalcolmFraser 12 February 1981 (1981-02-12) 5 February 1987 (1987-02-05) 2,1842,184 days 6,7156,715 days 2005-06-25(2005-06-25)25 June 2005 8
11 Duffy, FrankFrank Gavan Duffy Scullin, JamesScullin 22 January 1931 (1931-01-22) 1 October 1935 (1935-10-01) 1,7131,713 days 0,302302 days 1936-07-29(1936-07-29)29 July 1936 4
12 Brennan, GerardGerard Brennan Keating, PaulKeating 21 April 1995 (1995-04-21) 21 May 1998 (1998-05-21) 1,1261,126 days 8,7778,777 days 2022-06-01(2022-06-01)1 June 2022 10
13 Isaacs, IsaacIsaac Isaacs Scullin, JamesScullin 2 April 1930 (1930-04-02) 21 January 1931 (1931-01-21) 0,294294 days 6,2306,230 days 1948-02-11(1948-02-11)11 February 1948 3
14 Gageler, StephenStephen Gageler Albanese, AnthonyAlbanese 6 November 2023 (2023-11-06) Incumbent 0,409409 days 14


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