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Chief Justice of Victoria

Senior judge

Summary

Senior judge

The chief justice of Victoria is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Victoria. The chief justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head. They are responsible for arranging the business of the court and establishing its rules and procedures.

The current chief justice is Richard Niall, who was appointed by Governor Margaret Gardner to succeed Anne Ferguson. Niall's term began on 3 February 2025.

List of chief justices of Victoria

No.	Image	Chief justice	Term began	Term ended	Time in of office	Governor appointed	Notes
1	[[File:Sir_William_A'Beckett.jpg	80px]]		19 January 1852	20 February 1857		Charles La Trobe
2	[[File:William_Stawell_1872bw.jpg	80px]]		25 February 1857	24 September 1886		Henry Barkly
3	[[File:Higinbotham.jpg	80px]]		24 September 1886	31 December 1892		Henry Loch
4	[[File:John_Madden.jpg	80px]]		9 January 1893	10 March 1918		John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
5	[[File:William_Hill_Irvine_-_Broothorn_Studios_(cropped).jpg	80px]]		9 April 1918	30 September 1935		Arthur Stanley
6			1 October 1935	31 January 1944		William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield
7	[[File:Edmund_Herring_by_William_Dargie.jpg	80px]]		2 February 1944	1 September 1964		Winston Dugan
8	[[File:Sir_Henry_Winneke_(cropped).JPG	80px]]		2 September 1964	31 May 1974		Rohan Delacombe
9			1 June 1974	16 December 1991		Henry Winneke
10			17 December 1991	17 October 2003		Davis McCaughey
11			26 November 2003	1 October 2017		John Landy
12			2 October 2017	2 February 2025		Linda Dessau
13			3 February 2025			Margaret Gardner

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