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Chief law officer for the state of Victoria, Australia
The Attorney-General of Victoria , in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for Victoria ,
[1] is a
minister in the
Government of Victoria ,
Australia . The Attorney-General is a senior minister in the state government and the
First Law Officer of the State .
The current Attorney-General of Victoria has, since December 2020, been
Jaclyn Symes of the
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, 128 days
[78]
[79]
See also
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