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Attorney-General of South Australia

South Australian cabinet minister

Field	Value
post	Attorney-General
body
South Australia
flag	Flag of South Australia.svg
flagsize	120px
flagcaption	Flag of South Australia
insignia	South Australian Coat of Arms.svg
insigniasize	120px
insigniacaption	South Australian Coat of Arms
image	Member of the South Australian Legislative Council Kyam Joseph Maher.jpg
incumbent	Kyam Maher
incumbentsince	24 March 2022
department	Attorney-General's Department
style	The Honourable
member_of
reports_to	Premier of South Australia
seat	45 Pirie Street, Adelaide
nominator	Premier of South Australia
appointer	Governor of South Australia
appointer_qualified	on the advice of the premier
termlength	At the governor's pleasure
formation	24 October 1856
first	Richard Hanson
website

South Australia

The attorney-general of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for that state's system of law and justice. The attorney-general must be a qualified legal practitioner, although this was not always the case.

The attorney-general oversees the Attorney-General's Department. The current attorney-general since March 2022 is Kyam Maher MP, a member of the South Australian Labor Party.

List of advocates-general of South Australia (1837 to 1851)

With the establishment of the Province of South Australia, the colony's first First Law Officer Charles Mann was appointed Advocate-General, Crown Solicitor and Public Prosecutor. The appointment as Advocate-General bestowed the office holder with membership of the Council in Government. With the arrival of self government in 1857, the position of Advocate-General became that of Attorney-General.

Advocate-General	Time in office
	Charles Mann	1837–38'Advertising' South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839) 3 June 1837: 1
	George Milner Stephen	1838
	Robert Bernard	1838–40
	William Smillie	1840–52
	William Bartley (Acting)	1849–50
	Charles Mann (Acting)	1850–51
	Richard Davies Hanson	1851–57

List of attorneys-general of South Australia

Ordinal	Attorney-General	Party	Term start	Term end
	Richard Hanson		24 October 1856	21 August 1857
	Edward Castres Gwynne		21 August 1857	1 September 1857
	Richard Bullock Andrews		1 September 1857	30 September 1857
	Richard Hanson		30 September 1857	9 May 1860
	Henry Strangways		9 May 1860	20 May 1861
	Randolph Isham Stow		20 May 1861	8 October 1861
	Henry Gawler		8 October 1861	17 October 1861
	Randolph Isham Stow		17 October 1861	4 July 1863
	Richard Bullock Andrews		4 July 1863	22 July 1864
	Randolph Isham Stow		22 July 1864	22 March 1865
	Richard Bullock Andrews		22 March 1865	23 October 1865
7	James Boucaut		23 October 1865	3 May 1867
	Richard Bullock Andrews		3 May 1867	24 September 1868
8	John Tuthill Bagot		24 September 1868	13 October 1868
	Richard Bullock Andrews		13 October 1868	3 Nov 1868
	Henry Strangways		3 Nov 1868	30 May 1870
9	Richard Baker		30 May 1870	21 July 1871
10	Charles Mann		21 July 1871	22 January 1872
	James Boucaut		22 January 1872	4 March 1872
11	George Stevenson		4 March 1872	22 July 1873
	Charles Mann		22 July 1873	3 June 1875
12	Samuel Way		3 June 1875	23 March 1876
	Henry Gawler		23 March 1876	25 March 1876
	Charles Mann		25 March 1876	6 June 1876
13	John Cox Bray		6 June 1876	26 October 1877
	Charles Mann		26 October 1877	27 September 1878
14	William Bundey		27 September 1878	10 March 1881
15	Josiah Symon		10 March 1881	24 June 1881
16	John Downer		24 June 1881	16 June 1884
17	Charles Kingston		16 June 1884	16 June 1885
	John Downer		16 June 1885	11 June 1887
	Charles Kingston		11 June 1887	27 June 1889
18	Beaumont Moulden		27 June 1889	19 March 1890
19	Frederick Turner		31 March 1890	2 May 1890
20	Henry Downer		2 May 1890	19 August 1890
21	Robert Homburg		19 August 1890	21 June 1892
22	William Stock		21 June 1892	15 October 1892
	Robert Homburg		15 October 1892	16 June 1893
	Charles Kingston		16 June 1893	1 December 1899
23	Paddy Glynn		1 December 1899	8 December 1899
24	John Hannah Gordon		8 December 1899	2 December 1903
25	Louis von Doussa		2 December 1903	4 July 1904
	Robert Homburg		4 July 1904	24 February 1905
26	James R. Anderson		1 March 1905	26 July 1905
27	Archibald Peake	Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU)	26 July 1905	5 June 1909
28	Samuel Mitchell	LDU	5 June 1909	22 December 1909
29	Hermann Homburg	LDU	22 December 1909	3 June 1910
30	Bill Denny	United Labor	3 June 1910	17 February 1912
	Hermann Homburg	Liberal Union	17 February 1912	21 January 1915
31	Herbert Angas Parsons	Liberal Union	21 January 1915	3 April 1915
32	John Vaughan	United Labor/Nationals	3 April 1915	14 July 1917
33	Henry Barwell	Liberal Union	14 July 1917	27 August 1917
	Archibald Peake	Liberal Union	27 August 1917	29 April 1918
	Henry Barwell	Liberal Union	29 April 1918	16 April 1924
	Bill Denny	Labor	16 April 1924	8 April 1927
	Hermann Homburg	Liberal Federation	8 April 1927	17 April 1930
	Bill Denny	Labor	17 April 1930	18 April 1933
34	Shirley Jeffries	Liberal and Country League (LCL)	18 April 1933	6 May 1944
35	Charles Abbott	LCL	15 May 1944	17 April 1946
36	Reginald Rudall	LCL	17 April 1946	1 January 1955
37	Thomas Playford IV	LCL	6 January 1955	6 April 1955
38	Colin Rowe	LCL	6 April 1955	10 March 1965
39	Don Dunstan	Labor	10 March 1965	16 April 1968
40	Robin Millhouse	LCL	17 April 1968	1 June 1970
41	Len King	Labor	2 June 1970	20 June 1975
	Don Dunstan	Labor	20 June 1975	9 October 1975
42	Peter Duncan	Labor	9 October 1975	15 March 1979
43	Don Banfield	Labor	15 March 1979	1 May 1979
44	Chris Sumner	Labor	1 May 1979	18 September 1979
45	Trevor Griffin	Liberal	18 September 1979	10 November 1982
	Chris Sumner	Labor	10 November 1982	14 December 1993
	Trevor Griffin	Liberal	14 December 1993	4 December 2001
46	Robert Lawson	Liberal	4 December 2001	5 March 2002
47	Michael Atkinson	Labor	5 March 2002	30 June 2003
48	Paul Holloway	Labor	30 June 2003	29 August 2003
	Michael Atkinson	Labor	29 August 2003	25 March 2010
49	John Rau	Labor	25 March 2010	19 March 2018
50	Vickie Chapman [1st female]	Liberal	19 March 2018	21 March 2022
51	Kyam Maher	Labor	24 March 2022	incumbent

References

Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 – 2007
List of Australian Attorneys-General (Australian Parliamentary Library)
Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia (Parliament of South Australia)

References

'[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mann-charles-2425 Mann, Charles (1799 - 1860)]', ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 2, [[Melbourne University Press. MUP]], 1967, pp 201-202. Retrieved on 3 September 2015; Castles, A and Harris, M, ''Lawmakers and Wayward Whigs'' (Wakefield Press, 1987)
'[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stephen-george-milner-1294 Stephen, George Milner (1812 - 1894)]', ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume ?, [[Melbourne University Press. MUP]], 1967, pp ??-??. Retrieved on 28 August 2014; Castles, A and Harris, M, ''Lawmakers and Wayward Whigs'' (Wakefield Press, 1987);
'MR. GEORGE STEPHEN' ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'' (Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839) 17 Feb 1838: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31749808
'Advertising' ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'' (Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839) 14 Jul 1838: 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31750009
'OFFICIAL CHANGES & APPOINTMENTS' ''Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Advertiser'' (SA : 1839 - 1840) 31 Mar 1840: 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195859739
'ERRATA IN "OBSERVER'S" LETTER' ''South Australian Register'' (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) 6 Jan 1849: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50246699
'[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mann-charles-2425 Mann, Charles (1799 - 1860)]', ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 2, [[Melbourne University Press. MUP]], 1967, pp 201-202. Retrieved on 3 September 2015; Castles, A and Harris, M, ''Lawmakers and Wayward Whigs'' (Wakefield Press, 1987)
'OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS' ''South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal'' (Adelaide, SA : 1847 - 1852) 5 Jan 1850: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195939144
'[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hanson-sir-richard-davies-3710 Hanson, Richard Davies (1805 - 1876)]', ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume ?, [[Melbourne University Press. MUP]], 1967, pp ??-??. Retrieved on 3 September 2015
Hanson originally acted in the role until Smillie's death in December 1852 whereupon he was appointed the provinces last Advocate-General. In 1857, Hanson became South Australia's first Attorney-General upon the province achieving the right of responsible government. 'THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE' ''South Australian Register'' (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) 18 Jul 1851: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38449569; Ralph M Hague, ''History of the Law in South Australia 1837-1867'' (University of Adelaide Barr Smith Press 2005), 719
(24 March 1876). "The Government Gazette.". [[South Australian Register]].
(27 March 1876). "Government Gazette Extra-dinary.". [[The South Australian Advertiser]].
Though not a legislator, Anderson was chosen by premier [[Richard Butler (Australian politician). Butler]] for the position, as allowed for in the Constitution, being under six months duration.

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