Attorney-General of Victoria

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Attorney-General of Victoria
At the governor's pleasure
Formation15 Jul 1851
First holderSir William Stawell
DeputySolicitor-General
Websitewww.justice.vic.gov.au

The Attorney-General of Victoria, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for Victoria,

First Law Officer of the State
.

The current Attorney-General of Victoria has, since December 2020, been

Australian Labor Party. The Attorney-General is one of the ministers who administer parts of the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety
, with responsibility for the state's courts and tribunals.

Bill Slater served as Attorney-General of Victoria 6 separate times and Arthur Rylah holds the record for the longest term of 11 years and 334 days.

Colonial Victoria

Order MP[2] Term start Term end Time in office Notes
1 William Stawell MP 15 July 1851 25 February 1857 5 years, 225 days [3][4][5]
2 Thomas Fellows MP 25 February 1857 11 March 1857 14 days [4]
3 Henry Samuel Chapman^ 11 March 1857 29 April 1857 49 days [6]
4 Archibald Michie MP 29 April 1857 10 March 1858 315 days [7]
(3) Henry Samuel Chapman MP 10 March 1858 27 October 1859 1 year, 231 days [8]
5 John Wood MP 27 October 1859 26 November 1860 1 year, 30 days [9]
6 Richard Davies Ireland MP 26 November 1860 29 July 1861 245 days [10]
7 Butler Cole Aspinall MP 29 July 1861 14 November 1861 108 days
(6) Richard Davies Ireland MP 14 November 1861 27 June 1863 1 year, 225 days [11]
8 George Higinbotham MP 27 June 1863 6 May 1868 4 years, 314 days [12]
9 Morgan McDonnell MP 6 May 1868 11 July 1868 66 days [13]
10 George Paton Smith MP 11 July 1868 20 September 1869 1 year, 71 days [14]
(9) Morgan McDonnell MP 20 September 1869 9 April 1870 201 days [15]
(4) Archibald Michie MP 9 April 1870 19 June 1871 1 year, 71 days [16]
11 Robert Walsh MP 5 July 1871 10 June 1872 341 days [17]
12 James Stephen MP 10 June 1872 1 May 1874 1 year, 325 days [18]
13 George Kerferd MP 2 May 1874 7 August 1875 1 year, 97 days [18][19]
14 Robert Le Poer Trench^ 9 August 1875 20 October 1875 72 days [20][21]
(13) George Kerferd MP 20 October 1875 21 May 1877 1 year, 213 days [22]
(14) Robert Le Poer Trench^ 22 May 1877 27 March 1878 309 days [23]
15 Bryan O'Loghlen MP 27 March 1878 5 March 1880 1 year, 344 days [23][24]
(13) George Kerferd MP 5 March 1880 3 August 1880 151 days [25]
16 William Vale MP 3 August 1880 9 July 1881 340 days [26]
(15) Bryan O'Loghlen MP 9 July 1881 8 March 1883 1 year, 242 days [27]
(13) George Kerferd MP 8 March 1883 1 January 1886 2 years, 299 days [28]
17 Henry Wrixon MP 18 February 1886 5 November 1890 4 years, 260 days [29]
18 William Shiels MP 5 November 1890 16 February 1892 1 year, 103 days [30]
19 John Gavan Duffy MP 16 February 1892 28 April 1892 72 days [31]
(18) William Shiels MP 28 April 1892 23 January 1893 270 days
(15) Bryan O'Loghlen MP 23 January 1893 27 September 1894 1 year, 247 days [32]
20 Isaac Isaacs MP 27 September 1894 5 December 1899 5 years, 69 days [33]
21 William Irvine MP 5 December 1899 19 November 1900 349 days [34]
(20) Isaac Isaacs MP 19 November 1900 4 June 1901 197 days [35][36]
22 Samuel Gillott MP 4 June 1901 10 June 1902 1 year, 6 days [36]

Post-federation

Order MP[2] Party affiliation Term start Term end Time in office Notes
(21) William Irvine MP Reform 10 June 1902 7 September 1903 1 year, 89 days [37]
23 John Mark Davies MLC 7 September 1903 8 January 1909 5 years, 123 days [38][39]
24 James Drysdale Brown MLC Commonwealth Liberal 8 January 1909 9 December 1913 4 years, 335 days [40][41]
25 William Evans MLC
Labor
 9 December 1913 22 December 1913 13 days [42]
26 Donald Mackinnon MP Commonwealth Liberal 22 December 1913 9 November 1915 1 year, 322 days [43][44]
27 Harry Lawson MP 9 November 1915 29 November 1917 2 years, 20 days [44]
28 Agar Wynne MP Nationalist 29 November 1917 21 March 1918 112 days [45]
(27) Harry Lawson MP 21 March 1918 21 October 1919 1 year, 214 days [46]
29 Arthur Robinson MLC 21 October 1919 11 July 1924 4 years, 264 days [46][47]
30 Henry Cohen MLC 11 July 1924 18 July 1924 7 days [47]
31 Bill Slater MP
Labor
 18 July 1924 18 November 1924 123 days [48]
32 Frederic Eggleston MP Nationalist 18 November 1924 28 April 1927 2 years, 161 days [49]
33 John Allan MP
Country
 28 April 1927 20 May 1927 22 days
(31) Bill Slater MP
Labor
 20 May 1927 22 November 1928 1 year, 186 days [50]
34 Ian Macfarlan MP Nationalist 22 November 1928 12 December 1929 1 year, 20 days [51][52]
(31) Bill Slater MP
Labor
 12 December 1929 19 May 1932 2 years, 159 days [53]
35 Robert Menzies MP United Australia Party 19 May 1932 25 July 1934 2 years, 67 days [54]
(34) Ian Macfarlan MP 25 July 1934 2 April 1935 251 days
36 Albert Bussau MP
United Country
 2 April 1935 18 April 1938 3 years, 16 days [55]
37 Henry Bailey MP 26 April 1938 14 September 1943 5 years, 141 days [56][55]
(31) Bill Slater MP
Labor
 14 September 1943 18 September 1943 4 days [57]
(34) Ian Macfarlan MP United Australia Party 18 September 1943 21 November 1945 2 years, 64 days [58][59]
(31) Bill Slater MP
Labor
 21 November 1945 20 November 1947 1 year, 364 days [60]
38 Trevor Oldham MP
Liberal
 20 November 1947 27 June 1950 2 years, 219 days [61]
39 Tom Mitchell MP
Country
 27 June 1950 28 October 1952 2 years, 123 days [62]
40 Thomas Hollway MP
Electoral Reform League
 28 October 1952 31 October 1952 3 days [63]
(39) Tom Mitchell MP
Country
 31 October 1952 17 December 1952 47 days [64][65]
(31) Bill Slater MLC
Labor
 17 December 1952 7 June 1955 2 years, 172 days [66]
41 William Leggatt MP
Liberal Country Party
 7 June 1955 8 June 1955 1 day [67]
42 Arthur Rylah MP 8 June 1955 9 May 1967 11 years, 335 days
43 George Reid MP 9 May 1967 30 May 1973 6 years, 21 days [67][68]
44 Vernon Wilcox MP
Liberal
 30 May 1973 31 March 1976 2 years, 306 days [68]
45 Alan Hunt MLC 31 March 1976 6 May 1976 36 days
46 Haddon Storey MLC 6 May 1976 8 April 1982 5 years, 337 days [68][69]
47 John Cain MP
Labor
 8 April 1982 8 September 1983 1 year, 153 days [70]
48 Jim Kennan MLC 8 September 1983 14 December 1987 4 years, 97 days
49 Andrew McCutcheon MP 14 December 1987 2 April 1990 2 years, 109 days [70][71]
(48) Jim Kennan MP 2 April 1990 6 October 1992 2 years, 187 days [71][72]
50 Jan Wade MP
Liberal
 6 October 1992 20 October 1999 7 years, 14 days [73]
51 Rob Hulls MP
Labor
 20 October 1999 2 December 2010 11 years, 43 days [74][75]
52 Robert Clark MP
Liberal
 2 December 2010 4 December 2014 4 years, 2 days [76][77]
53 Martin Pakula MP
Labor
 4 December 2014 29 November 2018 3 years, 360 days [78]
54 Jill Hennessy MP 29 November 2018 16 December 2020 2 years, 17 days
55 Jaclyn Symes MLC 22 December 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 171 days [78][79]

See also

References

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