Solicitor-General of Victoria
Solicitor-General of Victoria | |
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At the governor's pleasure | |
Formation | 15 July 1851 |
First holder | Redmond Barry |
Website | Victorian Government Solicitor's Office |
The Solicitor-General of Victoria, known informally as the Solicitor-General, is the state's Second Law Officer and the deputy of the
The Solicitor-General is addressed in court as "Mr/Ms Solicitor". Despite the title, the position may only be filled by a barrister admitted serving as Senior Counsel, for a period specific by the Governor of Victoria. The inaugural Solicitor-General was Redmond Barry, who serviced from 15 July 1851 to 18 January 1852. The current Solicitor-General is Rowena Orr KC.
History and function
Formerly, they were elected members of parliament, but have not been so since the early/mid twentieth century.
Name | Appointed | Concluded | Comments | Notes |
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Redmond Barry | 15 July 1851 | 18 January 1852 | Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court |
[3][4][5] |
Edward Williams | 13 April 1852 | 20 July 1852 | Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court |
[3][6][7] |
James Croke | 21 July 1852 | 28 November 1855 | [3][8][9] | |
Robert Molesworth | 4 January 1854 [a] | 17 June 1856 | Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court |
[3][11][12] |
Thomas Fellows | 27 June 1856 | 25 February 1857 | Appointed Attorney-General | [3][13][14] |
Robert Sitwell | 25 February 1857 | 11 March 1857 | [3][15][16] | |
John Wood | 11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | [3][17][18] | |
Thomas Fellows | 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | [3][14][19] | |
Richard Ireland | 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1858 | [3][20][21] | |
Travers Adamson | 27 October 1859 | 5 March 1860 | [3][22][23] | |
James Martley | 5 March 1860 | 26 November 1860 | [3][24][25] | |
vacant | 27 November 1860 | 1 September 1869 | [3] | |
James Casey | 2 September 1869 | 20 September 1869 | Appointed Judge of the County Court | [3][26][27] |
Cole Aspinall [b] | 19 January 1870 | 9 April 1870 | [3][28][29] | |
Henry Wrixon | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | [3][30][31] | |
Howard Spensley | 19 June 1871 | 10 June 1872 | [3][32][33] | |
George Kerferd | 10 June 1872 | 31 July 1874 | [3][34][35] | |
Townsend McDermott | 31 July 1874 | 7 August 1875 | [3][36][37] | |
vacant | 8 September 1875 | 8 July 1881 | [3] | |
Frank Dobson | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | [3][38][39] | |
Alfred Deakin | 12 March 1883 | 23 April 1884 | Elected Prime Minister of Australia | [3][40][41] |
vacant | 24 April 1884 | 31 August 1890 | [3] | |
Alfred Deakin | 1 September 1890 | 5 November 1890 | Elected Prime Minister of Australia | [3][41][42] |
vacant | 6 November 1890 | 15 February 1892 | [3] | |
George Turner | 16 February 1892 | 23 January 1893 | [3][43] | |
Isaac Isaacs | 23 January 1893 | 23 May 1893 | [3][44] | |
Agar Wynne | 6 June 1893 | 27 September 1894 | [3][45] | |
Sir Henry Cuthbert | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | [3][46] | |
John Davies | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | [3][47] | |
Agar Wynne | 19 November 1900 | 10 June 1902 | [3][45] | |
John Davies | 10 June 1902 | 6 February 1903 | [3][47] | |
William Irvine [c] | 6 February 1903 | 7 September 1903 | [3][48] | |
vacant | 8 September 1903 | 15 February 1904 | [3] | |
John Davies [c] | 16 February 1904 | 28 February 1908 | [3][47] | |
John Mackey | 28 February 1908 | 8 September 1908 | [49][50] | |
John Davies [c] | 8 September 1908 | 8 January 1909 | [47][51] | |
James Drysdale Brown [c] | 8 January 1909 | 9 December 1913 | [3][52] | |
William Evans [c] | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | [3][53] | |
Donald Mackinnon [c] | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | [3][54] | |
Harry Lawson [c] | 9 November 1915 | 28 November 1917 | [3][55] | |
Agar Wynne [c] | 29 November 1917 | 20 March 1918 | [56][45] | |
Arthur Robinson | 21 March 1918 | 20 January 1920 | [56][57][58] | |
Harry Lawson | 20 January 1920 | 20 September 1920 | [56][55][59] | |
Arthur Robinson [c] | 20 September 1920 | 11 July 1924 | [56][60][58] | |
Henry Cohen KC [c] | 11 July 1924 | 17 July 1924 | [56][61][62] | |
Bill Slater [c] | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | [56][63][64] | |
Sir Frederic Eggleston [c] | 18 November 1924 | 27 April 1927 | [56][65] | |
John Allan [c] | 28 April 1927 | 19 May 1927 | [56][66] | |
Bill Slater [c] | 20 May 1927 | 21 November 1928 | [64] | |
Ian Macfarlan [c] | 26 November 1928 | 11 December 1929 | [56][67] | |
Bill Slater [c] | 12 December 1929 | 18 May 1932 | [64] | |
Robert Menzies [c] | 19 May 1932 | 24 July 1934 | [56][68] | |
Ian Macfarlan [c] | 25 July 1934 | 20 March 1935 | [56][67] | |
Harold Cohen | 20 March 1935 | 2 April 1935 | [56][69][70] | |
Lou Bussau [c] | 2 April 1935 | 1 April 1938 | [56][71][72] | |
Albert Dunstan | 22 April 1938 | 13 September 1943 | [56][73][74] | |
Bill Slater [c] | 14 September 1943 | 17 September 1943 | [64] | |
Ian Macfarlan [c] | 18 September 1943 | 20 November 1945 | [56][67] | |
Bill Slater [c] | 21 November 1945 | 19 November 1947 | [64] | |
Trevor Oldham [c] | 20 November 1947 | 26 June 1950 | [56][75] | |
Tom Mitchell [c] | 27 June 1950 | 12 December 1951 | [56][76] | |
QC |
12 December 1951 | 1 September 1964 | Senior Counsel to the Attorney-General (1950-1951). Appointed Chief Justice of Victoria |
[77][78] |
QC |
2 September 1964 | 4 September 1974 | [79][80] | |
QC |
5 September 1974 | 15 August 1982 | Appointed Justice of the High Court of Australia |
[81] |
QC |
16 September 1982 | 1992 | [82][83] | |
QC (acting) |
1992 | 1992 | Later appointed to the Federal Court of Australia | [56] |
QC |
1992 | 2002 | [84] | |
Pamela Tate SC | 8 July 2003 | 1 September 2010 | Appointed Judge of the Court of Appeal | [2] |
Stephen McLeish SC | 1 April 2011 | 10 March 2015 | Appointed Judge of the Court of Appeal | [85] |
Richard Niall SC | 10 June 2015 | 28 November 2017 | Appointed Judge of the Court of Appeal | [86] |
QC |
28 November 2017 | 10 May 2021 | Appointed Judge of the Court of Appeal | [87] |
Rowena Orr KC | 10 May 2021 | 17 April 2024 | Appointed Judge of the Court of Appeal | [88] |
Alistair Pound SC | 23 April 2024 |
See also
Notes
References
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