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Attorney-General of Victoria
Chief law officer for the state of Victoria, Australia
Chief law officer for the state of Victoria, Australia
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Attorney-General |
| body | Victoria |
| insignia | Coat of Arms of Victoria.svg |
| insigniasize | 120px |
| insigniacaption | Victorian coat of arms |
| flag | Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg |
| flagsize | 120px |
| flagcaption | Flag of Victoria |
| incumbent | Sonya Kilkenny |
| incumbentsince | 19 December 2024 |
| department | Department of Justice and Community Safety |
| style | The Honourable |
| member_of | |
| reports_to | Premier of Victoria |
| seat | Level 26, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne |
| nominator | Premier of Victoria |
| appointer | Governor of Victoria |
| appointer_qualified | on the advice of the premier |
| termlength | At the governor's pleasure |
| formation | 15 Jul 1851 |
| first | Sir William Stawell |
| deputy | Solicitor-General |
| website |
The Attorney-General of Victoria, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for Victoria, 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 2024, been Sonya Kilkenny 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 | last1=O'Neill | first1=Patrick | last2=Lorimer | first2=Catherine | last3=Downing | first3=Pauline | title=List of Australian Attorneys-General | url=http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/Browse_by_Topic/law/attorneysgeneral | access-date=14 October 2022 | website=www.aph.gov.au | publisher=Parliament of Australia | language=en-AU}} | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Stawell | 15 July 1851 | 25 February 1857 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Thomas Fellows | 25 February 1857 | 11 March 1857 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Henry Samuel Chapman | 11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy1 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/oshannassy1.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 4 | Archibald Michie | 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Haines2 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/haines2.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| (3) | Henry Samuel Chapman | 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1859 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy2 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/oshannassy2.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 5 | John Wood | 27 October 1859 | 26 November 1860 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Nicholson | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/nicholson.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 6 | Richard Davies Ireland | 26 November 1860 | 29 July 1861 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Butler Cole Aspinall | 29 July 1861 | 14 November 1861 | |||||||||||||
| (6) | Richard Davies Ireland | 14 November 1861 | 27 June 1863 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy3 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/oshannassy3.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 8 | George Higinbotham | 27 June 1863 | 6 May 1868 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch1 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/mcculloch1.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 9 | Morgan McDonnell | 6 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Sladen | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/sladen.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 10 | George Paton Smith | 11 July 1868 | 20 September 1869 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch2 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/mcculloch2.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| (9) | Morgan McDonnell | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Macpherson | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/macpherson.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| (4) | Archibald Michie | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch3 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/mcculloch3.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 11 | Robert Walsh | 5 July 1871 | 10 June 1872 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Duffy | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/duffy.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 12 | James Stephen | 10 June 1872 | 1 May 1874 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Francis | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/francis.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 13 | George Kerferd | 2 May 1874 | 7 August 1875 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Kerferd | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/kerferd.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 14 | Robert Le Poer Trench | 9 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | |||||||||||||
| (13) | George Kerferd | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch4 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/mcculloch4.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| (14) | Robert Le Poer Trench | 22 May 1877 | 27 March 1878 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Berry2 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/berry2.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 15 | 27 March 1878 | 5 March 1880 | year=1880 | page=569 | title=Ministers of the Crown in Victoria | last=Le Patourel | first=Fredk | date=5 March 1880 | access-date=25 September 2023}} | |||||||
| (13) | George Kerferd | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Service1 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/service1.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 16 | William Vale | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Berry3 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/berry3.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| (15) | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Ologhlen | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/ologhlen.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | ||||||||
| (13) | George Kerferd | 8 March 1883 | 1 January 1886 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Service2 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/service2.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 17 | Henry Wrixon | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Gillies | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/gillies.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 18 | William Shiels | 5 November 1890 | 16 February 1892 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Munro | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/munro.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 19 | John Gavan Duffy | 16 February 1892 | 28 April 1892 | |||||||||||||
| (18) | William Shiels | 28 April 1892 | 23 January 1893 | |||||||||||||
| (15) | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Patterson | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/patterson.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | ||||||||
| 20 | Isaac Isaacs | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Turner1 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/turner1.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 21 | William Irvine | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Mclean | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/mclean.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| (20) | Isaac Isaacs | 19 November 1900 | 4 June 1901 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Turner2 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/turner2.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | |||||||
| 22 | Samuel Gillott | 4 June 1901 | 10 June 1902 |
Post-federation
| Order | MP | Party affiliation | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (21) | William Irvine | Reform | 10 June 1902 | 7 September 1903 | |||||||||||
| 23 | John Mark Davies MLC | 7 September 1903 | 8 January 1909 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Bent | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/bent.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | ||||||
| 24 | James Drysdale Brown MLC | Commonwealth Liberal | 8 January 1909 | 9 December 1913 | |||||||||||
| 25 | William Evans MLC | Labor | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Donald Mackinnon | Commonwealth Liberal | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Harry Lawson | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Agar Wynne | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | |||||||||||
| (27) | Harry Lawson | 21 March 1918 | 21 October 1919 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Lawson | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/lawson.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | ||||||
| 29 | Arthur Robinson MLC | 21 October 1919 | 11 July 1924 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Peacock3 | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/peacock3.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | ||||||
| 30 | Henry Cohen MLC | 11 July 1924 | 18 July 1924 | ||||||||||||
| 31 | Bill Slater | Labor | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | |||||||||||
| 32 | Frederic Eggleston | Nationalist | 18 November 1924 | 28 April 1927 | |||||||||||
| 33 | John Allan | Country | 28 April 1927 | 20 May 1927 | |||||||||||
| (31) | Bill Slater | Labor | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | |||||||||||
| 34 | Ian Macfarlan | Nationalist | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | |||||||||||
| (31) | Bill Slater | Labor | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Robert Menzies | United Australia Party | 19 May 1932 | 25 July 1934 | |||||||||||
| (34) | Ian Macfarlan | 25 July 1934 | 2 April 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Albert Bussau | United Country | 2 April 1935 | 18 April 1938 | |||||||||||
| 37 | Henry Bailey | 26 April 1938 | 14 September 1943 | ||||||||||||
| (31) | Bill Slater | Labor | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | |||||||||||
| (34) | Ian Macfarlan | United Australia Party | 18 September 1943 | 21 November 1945 | |||||||||||
| (31) | Bill Slater | Labor | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | |||||||||||
| 38 | Trevor Oldham | Liberal | 20 November 1947 | 27 June 1950 | |||||||||||
| 39 | Tom Mitchell | Country | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | |||||||||||
| 40 | Thomas Hollway | Electoral Reform League | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | |||||||||||
| (39) | Tom Mitchell | Country | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | |||||||||||
| (31) | Bill Slater MLC | Labor | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | |||||||||||
| 41 | William Leggatt | Liberal Country Party | 7 June 1955 | 8 June 1955 | |||||||||||
| 42 | Arthur Rylah | 8 June 1955 | 9 May 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | George Reid | 9 May 1967 | 30 May 1973 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Hamer | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/hamer.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | ||||||
| 44 | Vernon Wilcox | Liberal | 30 May 1973 | 31 March 1976 | |||||||||||
| 45 | Alan Hunt MLC | 31 March 1976 | 6 May 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 46 | Haddon Storey MLC | 6 May 1976 | 8 April 1982 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Thompson | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/thompson.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | ||||||
| 47 | John Cain | Labor | 8 April 1982 | 8 September 1983 | |||||||||||
| 48 | Jim Kennan MLC | 8 September 1983 | 14 December 1987 | ||||||||||||
| 49 | Andrew McCutcheon | 14 December 1987 | 2 April 1990 | url=https://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1990/V/S/14.pdf | year=1990 | file=S 14 | last=Playford | first=N | date=2 April 1990 | access-date=25 September 2023 | title=Ministers of the Crown | page=1}} | |||
| (48) | Jim Kennan | 2 April 1990 | 6 October 1992 | last=Carr | first=Adam | title=Victorian Ministries - Kirner | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/kirner.txt | access-date=23 March 2023 | website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} | ||||||
| 50 | Jan Wade | Liberal | 6 October 1992 | 20 October 1999 | |||||||||||
| 51 | Rob Hulls | Labor | 20 October 1999 | 2 December 2010 | |||||||||||
| 52 | Robert Clark | Liberal | 2 December 2010 | 4 December 2014 | |||||||||||
| 53 | Martin Pakula | Labor | 4 December 2014 | 29 November 2018 | |||||||||||
| 54 | Jill Hennessy | 29 November 2018 | 16 December 2020 | ||||||||||||
| 55 | Jaclyn Symes MLC | 22 December 2020 | 19 December 2024 | url=https://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes2023/GG2023S520.pdf | page=3 | title=Ministers of the Crown | last=Wallace | first=Samual | file=S 520 | date=2 October 2023 | access-date=2 October 2023}} | ||||
| 56 | Sonya Kilkenny | 19 December 2024 | Incumbent |
References
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- See, e.g., ''Bullivant v Attorney-General for Victoria'' [1900] AC 196; ''Ryan v Attorney General for Victoria'' [1967] VR 514
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