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Attorney-General of Queensland
Chief law officer for the state of Queensland, Australia
Chief law officer for the state of Queensland, Australia
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Attorney-General |
| body | Queensland |
| flag | Flag of Queensland.svg |
| flagsize | 120px |
| flagcaption | Flag of Queensland |
| insignia | Coat of Arms of Queensland.svg |
| insigniasize | 120px |
| insigniacaption | Coat of arms of Queensland |
| image | Deb Frecklington headshot crop narrow.jpg |
| imagesize | 150px |
| incumbent | Deb Frecklington |
| incumbentsince | 1 November 2024 |
| department | 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 |
| appointer_qualified | on the advice of the premier |
| termlength | At the governor's pleasure |
| formation | 12 December 1859 |
| first | Ratcliffe Pring |
| website |
The attorney-general of Queensland is a ministerial position of the Government of Queensland with responsibility for the state's legal and justice system.
Upon the election of the Crisafulli Government, Deb Frecklington was appointed the attorney-general of Queensland as of 1 November 2024.
List of attorneys-general of Queensland
The following served as Attorney-General of Queensland:
| Attorney-General | Party | Term start | Term end | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratcliffe Pring | 12 December 1859 | |||||
| John Bramston | 31 August 1865 | |||||
| Charles Lilley | 11 September 1865 | |||||
| Ratcliffe Pring | 21 July 1866 | |||||
| Charles Lilley | 7 August 1866 | |||||
| Ratcliffe Pring | 15 August 1867 | |||||
| Charles Lilley | 25 November 1868 | |||||
| Ratcliffe Pring | 12 November 1869 | |||||
| John Bramston | 3 May 1870 | |||||
| Ratcliffe Pring | 2 January 1874 | |||||
| Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt | 8 January 1874 | |||||
| Samuel Griffith | 3 August 1874 | |||||
| James Francis Garrick | 7 December 1878 | |||||
| John Malbon Thompson | 21 January 1879 | |||||
| Ratcliffe Pring | 16 May 1879 | |||||
| Henry Beor | 4 June 1880 | |||||
| Pope Alexander Cooper | 31 December 1880 | |||||
| Charles E. Chubb | 6 January 1883 | |||||
| Arthur Rutledge | 13 November 1883 | |||||
| Andrew Joseph Thynne | 13 June 1888 | |||||
| Samuel Griffith | 12 August 1890 | |||||
| Thomas Joseph Byrnes | 3 March 1893 | |||||
| Walter Horatio Wilson | 1 October 1898 | |||||
| Arthur Rutledge | 28 March 1899 | |||||
| Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald | Labor | 1 December 1899 | ||||
| Arthur Rutledge | 7 December 1899 | |||||
| James William Blair | 17 September 1903 | |||||
| Francis Isidore Power | 19 November 1907 | |||||
| James William Blair | 18 February 1908 | |||||
| Thomas O'Sullivan | 29 October 1908 | |||||
| Thomas Joseph Ryan | Labor | 1 June 1915 | ||||
| John Arthur Fihelly | Labor | 22 October 1919 | ||||
| John Mullan | Labor | 12 November 1920 | ||||
| Neil Francis McGroarty | CPNP | 21 May 1929 | ||||
| John Mullan | Labor | 17 June 1932 | ||||
| John O'Keefe | Labor | 14 November 1940 | ||||
| David Alexander Gledson | Labor | 8 December 1941 | ||||
| George Henry Devries | Labor | 9 June 1949 | ||||
| James Larcombe | Labor | 10 May 1950 | ||||
| William Joseph Power | Labor | 10 March 1952 | ||||
| Alan Whiteside Munro | Liberal | 12 August 1957 | ||||
| Peter Roylance Delamothe | Liberal | 26 September 1963 | ||||
| William Edward Knox | Liberal | 20 December 1971 | ||||
| William Daniel Lickiss | Liberal | 13 August 1976 | ||||
| Samuel Sydney Doumany | Liberal | 23 December 1980 | ||||
| Neville John Harper | National | 19 August 1983 | ||||
| Paul Clauson | National | 1 December 1986 | ||||
| Michael John Ahern | Country/National | 1 December 1987 | ||||
| Paul Clauson | National | 9 December 1987 | ||||
| Ivan James Gibbs | National | 31 August 1989 | ||||
| Paul Clauson | National | 25 September 1989 | ||||
| Dean Wells | Labor | 7 December 1989 | ||||
| Matt Foley | Labor | 31 July 1995 | ||||
| Joan Mary Sheldon | Liberal | 19 February 1996 | ||||
| Denver Beanland | Liberal | 28 February 1996 | ||||
| Matt Foley | Labor | 29 July 1998 | ||||
| Rod Welford | Labor | 22 February 2001 | ||||
| Linda Lavarch | Labor | 28 July 2005 | ||||
| Kerry Shine | Labor | 1 November 2006 | ||||
| Cameron Dick | Labor | 26 March 2009 | ||||
| Paul Lucas | Labor | 21 February 2011 | ||||
| Jarrod Bleijie | Liberal National | 3 April 2012 | ||||
| Yvette D'Ath | Labor | 16 February 2015 | ||||
| Shannon Fentiman | Labor | 13 November 2020 | ||||
| Yvette D'Ath | Labor | 18 May 2023 | ||||
| Deb Frecklington | Liberal National | 1 November 2024 |
References
References
- {{cite QldMLA
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