Attorney-General of Queensland
Appearance
Attorney-General of Queensland | |
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since 18 May 2023 | |
Department of Justice and Attorney-General | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Premier of Queensland |
Seat | 1 William Street, Brisbane |
Nominator | Premier of Queensland |
Appointer | Governor of Queensland on the advice of the premier |
Term length | At the Governor's pleasure |
Formation | 12 December 1859 |
First holder | Ratcliffe Pring |
Website | www |
The attorney-general of Queensland is a ministerial position of the Government of Queensland with responsibility for the state's legal and justice system.
As of 18 May 2023[update], the Attorney-General of Queensland is Yvette D'Ath.
List of attorneys-general of Queensland
[edit]The following served as Attorney-General of Queensland:[1]
Attorney-General | Party | Start of term | End of term |
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Ratcliffe Pring | 12 December 1859 | 30 August 1865 | |
John Bramston | 31 August 1865 | 11 September 1865 | |
Charles Lilley | 11 September 1865 | 20 July 1866 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 21 July 1866 | 7 August 1866 | |
Charles Lilley | 7 August 1866 | 15 August 1867 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 15 August 1867 | 25 November 1868 | |
Charles Lilley | 25 November 1868 | 12 November 1869 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 12 November 1869 | 3 May 1870 | |
John Bramston | 3 May 1870 | 2 January 1874 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 2 January 1874 | 8 January 1874 | |
Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt | 8 January 1874 | 3 August 1874 | |
Samuel Griffith | 3 August 1874 | 7 December 1878 | |
James Francis Garrick | 7 December 1878 | 21 January 1879 | |
John Malbon Thompson | 21 January 1879 | 16 May 1879 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 16 May 1879 | 4 June 1880 | |
Henry Beor | 4 June 1880 | 25 December 1880 | |
Pope Alexander Cooper | 31 December 1880 | 5 January 1883 | |
Charles E. Chubb | 6 January 1883 | 13 November 1883 | |
Arthur Rutledge | 13 November 1883 | 13 June 1888 | |
Andrew Joseph Thynne | 13 June 1888 | 12 August 1890 | |
Samuel Griffith | 12 August 1890 | 13 March 1893 | |
Thomas Joseph Byrnes | 3 March 1893 | 27 September 1898 | |
Walter Horatio Wilson | 1 October 1898 | 28 March 1899 | |
Arthur Rutledge | 28 March 1899 | 1 December 1899 | |
Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald | Labor | 1 December 1899 | 7 December 1899 |
Arthur Rutledge | 7 December 1899 | 17 September 1903 | |
James William Blair | 17 September 1903 | 19 November 1907 | |
Francis Isidore Power | 19 November 1907 | 18 February 1908 | |
James William Blair | 18 February 1908 | 29 October 1908 | |
Thomas O'Sullivan | 29 October 1908 | 1 June 1915 | |
Thomas Joseph Ryan | Labor | 1 June 1915 | 22 October 1919 |
John Arthur Fihelly | Labor | 22 October 1919 | 12 November 1920 |
John Mullan | Labor | 12 November 1920 | 21 May 1929 |
Neil Francis McGroarty | CPNP | 21 May 1929 | 17 June 1932 |
John Mullan | Labor | 17 June 1932 | 14 November 1940 |
John O'Keefe | Labor | 14 November 1940 | 8 December 1941 |
David Alexander Gledson | Labor | 8 December 1941 | 14 May 1949 |
George Henry Devries | Labor, Queensland Labor | 9 June 1949 | 10 May 1950 |
James Larcombe | Labor | 10 May 1950 | 10 March 1952 |
William Joseph Power | Labor, Queensland Labor | 10 March 1952 | 12 August 1957 |
Alan Whiteside Munro | Liberal | 12 August 1957 | 26 September 1963 |
Peter Roylance Delamothe | Liberal | 26 September 1963 | 19 December 1971 |
William Edward Knox | Liberal | 20 December 1971 | 13 August 1976 |
William Daniel Lickiss | Liberal | 13 August 1976 | 23 December 1980 |
Samuel Sydney Doumany | Liberal | 23 December 1980 | 18 August 1983 |
Neville John Harper | National | 19 August 1983 | 1 December 1986 |
Paul Clauson | National | 1 December 1986 | 1 December 1987 |
Michael John Ahern | Country/National | 1 December 1987 | 9 December 1987 |
Paul Clauson | National | 9 December 1987 | 28 August 1989 |
Ivan James Gibbs | National | 31 August 1989 | 25 September 1989 |
Paul Clauson | National | 25 September 1989 | 7 December 1989 |
Dean Wells | Labor | 7 December 1989 | 31 July 1995 |
Matt Foley | Labor | 31 July 1995 | 19 February 1996 |
Joan Mary Sheldon | Liberal | 19 February 1996 | 26 February 1996 |
Denver Beanland | Liberal | 28 February 1996 | 29 June 1998 |
Matt Foley | Labor | 29 July 1998 | 22 February 2001 |
Rod Welford | Labor | 22 February 2001 | 28 July 2005 |
Linda Lavarch | Labor | 28 July 2005 | 18 October 2006 |
Kerry Shine | Labor | 1 November 2006 | 26 March 2009 |
Cameron Dick | Labor | 26 March 2009 | 21 February 2011 |
Paul Lucas | Labor | 21 February 2011 | 24 March 2012 |
Jarrod Bleijie | Liberal National | 3 April 2012 | 14 February 2015 |
Yvette D'Ath | Labor | 16 February 2015 | 12 November 2020 |
Shannon Fentiman | Labor | 13 November 2020 | 18 May 2023 |
Yvette D'Ath | Labor | 18 May 2023 | Incumbent |
References
[edit]- ^ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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