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This is a list of Chief Justices of Australia by age. This table can be sorted to display Australian Chief Justices by name, order, date of birth, age at appointment, age at retirement, or lifespan.
Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each Chief Justice. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the Chief Justice lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the Chief Justice in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 20 October 2024.
Overview
[edit]The median age of accession is roughly 61 years and 7.5 months, which falls between Anthony F. Mason and Robert French. The youngest person to become Chief Justice was Adrian Knox, at the age of 55 years, 323 days. The oldest person to become Chief Justice was Frank G. Duffy, at the age of 78 years, 327 days.
The longest-lived Chief Justice was Garfield Barwick, who died at the age of 94 years, 22 days. The oldest living Chief Justice is Anthony F. Mason (born 21 April 1925); Mason's age is 99 years, 182 days. Mason will tie Barwick if he lives to 14 May 2019.
Chief Justices of Australia
[edit]| # |
Chief Justice |
Date of birth |
Appointed by |
Date of appointment |
Age at appointment |
Date of retirement |
Age at retirement |
Date of death |
Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Griffith | 21 June 1845 | Deakin | 5 October 1903 | 58 years, 106 days | 17 October 1919 | 74 years, 118 days | 9 August 1920 | 27,442 days (75 years, 49 days) |
| 2 | Adrian Knox | 29 November 1863 | Hughes | 18 October 1919 | 55 years, 323 days | 31 March 1930 | 66 years, 122 days | 27 April 1932 | 24,986 days (68 years, 150 days) |
| 3 | Isaac Isaacs | 6 August 1855 | Scullin | 2 April 1930 | 74 years, 239 days | 21 January 1931 | 75 years, 168 days | 11 February 1948 | 33,791 days (92 years, 189 days) |
| 4 | Frank G. Duffy | 29 February 1852 | Scullin | 22 January 1931 | 78 years, 328 days | 1 October 1935 | 83 years, 215 days | 29 July 1936 | 30,831 days (84 years, 151 days) |
| 5 | John G. Latham | 26 August 1877 | Lyons | 11 October 1935 | 58 years, 46 days | 7 April 1952 | 74 years, 225 days | 25 July 1964 | 31,744 days (86 years, 334 days) |
| 6 | Owen Dixon | 28 April 1886 | Menzies | 18 April 1952 | 65 years, 356 days | 13 April 1964 | 77 years, 351 days | 7 July 1972 | 31,481 days (86 years, 70 days) |
| 7 | Garfield Barwick | 22 June 1903 | Menzies | 27 April 1964 | 60 years, 310 days | 11 February 1981 | 77 years, 234 days | 14 July 1997 | 34,356 days (94 years, 22 days) |
| 8 | Harry Gibbs | 17 February 1917 | Fraser | 12 February 1981 | 63 years, 361 days | 5 February 1987 | 69 years, 353 days | 25 June 2005 | 32,270 days (88 years, 128 days) |
| 9 | Anthony F. Mason | 21 April 1925 | Hawke | 6 February 1987 | 61 years, 291 days | 20 April 1995 | 69 years, 364 days | 36,342 days (99 years, 182 days) | |
| 10 | Gerard Brennan | 22 May 1928 | Keating | 21 April 1995 | 66 years, 334 days | 21 May 1998 | 69 years, 364 days | 35,215 days (96 years, 151 days) | |
| 11 | Murray Gleeson | 30 August 1938 | Howard | 22 May 1998 | 59 years, 265 days | 29 August 2008 | 69 years, 365 days | 31,463 days (86 years, 51 days) | |
| 12 | Robert French | 19 March 1947 | Rudd | 1 September 2008 | 61 years, 166 days | Incumbent | Incumbent | 28,340 days (77 years, 215 days) | |
| # | Chief Justice | Date of birth | Appointed by |
Date of appointment |
Age at appointment |
Date of retirement |
Age at retirement |
Date of death | Lifespan |
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