Attorney-General of Queensland
Chief law officer for the state of Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chief law officer for the state of Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The attorney-general of Queensland is a ministerial position of the Government of Queensland with responsibility for the state's legal and justice system.
Attorney-General of Queensland | |
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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 on the advice of the premier |
Term length | At the Governor's pleasure |
Formation | 12 December 1859 |
First holder | Ratcliffe Pring |
Website | www |
As of 1 November 2024[update], the Attorney-General of Queensland is Deb Frecklington.
The following served as Attorney-General of Queensland:[1]
Attorney-General | Party | Start of term | End of term |
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Ratcliffe Pring | 12 December 1859 | 30 August 1865 | |
John Bramston | 31 August 1865 | 11 September 1865 | |
Charles Lilley | 11 September 1865 | 20 July 1866 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 21 July 1866 | 7 August 1866 | |
Charles Lilley | 7 August 1866 | 15 August 1867 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 15 August 1867 | 25 November 1868 | |
Charles Lilley | 25 November 1868 | 12 November 1869 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 12 November 1869 | 3 May 1870 | |
John Bramston | 3 May 1870 | 2 January 1874 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 2 January 1874 | 8 January 1874 | |
Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt | 8 January 1874 | 3 August 1874 | |
Samuel Griffith | 3 August 1874 | 7 December 1878 | |
James Francis Garrick | 7 December 1878 | 21 January 1879 | |
John Malbon Thompson | 21 January 1879 | 16 May 1879 | |
Ratcliffe Pring | 16 May 1879 | 4 June 1880 | |
Henry Beor | 4 June 1880 | 25 December 1880 | |
Pope Alexander Cooper | 31 December 1880 | 5 January 1883 | |
Charles E. Chubb | 6 January 1883 | 13 November 1883 | |
Arthur Rutledge | 13 November 1883 | 13 June 1888 | |
Andrew Joseph Thynne | 13 June 1888 | 12 August 1890 | |
Samuel Griffith | 12 August 1890 | 13 March 1893 | |
Thomas Joseph Byrnes | 3 March 1893 | 27 September 1898 | |
Walter Horatio Wilson | 1 October 1898 | 28 March 1899 | |
Arthur Rutledge | 28 March 1899 | 1 December 1899 | |
Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald | Labor | 1 December 1899 | 7 December 1899 |
Arthur Rutledge | 7 December 1899 | 17 September 1903 | |
James William Blair | 17 September 1903 | 19 November 1907 | |
Francis Isidore Power | 19 November 1907 | 18 February 1908 | |
James William Blair | 18 February 1908 | 29 October 1908 | |
Thomas O'Sullivan | 29 October 1908 | 1 June 1915 | |
Thomas Joseph Ryan | Labor | 1 June 1915 | 22 October 1919 |
John Arthur Fihelly | Labor | 22 October 1919 | 12 November 1920 |
John Mullan | Labor | 12 November 1920 | 21 May 1929 |
Neil Francis McGroarty | CPNP | 21 May 1929 | 17 June 1932 |
John Mullan | Labor | 17 June 1932 | 14 November 1940 |
John O'Keefe | Labor | 14 November 1940 | 8 December 1941 |
David Alexander Gledson | Labor | 8 December 1941 | 14 May 1949 |
George Henry Devries | Labor, Queensland Labor | 9 June 1949 | 10 May 1950 |
James Larcombe | Labor | 10 May 1950 | 10 March 1952 |
William Joseph Power | Labor, Queensland Labor | 10 March 1952 | 12 August 1957 |
Alan Whiteside Munro | Liberal | 12 August 1957 | 26 September 1963 |
Peter Roylance Delamothe | Liberal | 26 September 1963 | 19 December 1971 |
William Edward Knox | Liberal | 20 December 1971 | 13 August 1976 |
William Daniel Lickiss | Liberal | 13 August 1976 | 23 December 1980 |
Samuel Sydney Doumany | Liberal | 23 December 1980 | 18 August 1983 |
Neville John Harper | National | 19 August 1983 | 1 December 1986 |
Paul Clauson | National | 1 December 1986 | 1 December 1987 |
Michael John Ahern | Country/National | 1 December 1987 | 9 December 1987 |
Paul Clauson | National | 9 December 1987 | 28 August 1989 |
Ivan James Gibbs | National | 31 August 1989 | 25 September 1989 |
Paul Clauson | National | 25 September 1989 | 7 December 1989 |
Dean Wells | Labor | 7 December 1989 | 31 July 1995 |
Matt Foley | Labor | 31 July 1995 | 19 February 1996 |
Joan Mary Sheldon | Liberal | 19 February 1996 | 26 February 1996 |
Denver Beanland | Liberal | 28 February 1996 | 29 June 1998 |
Matt Foley | Labor | 29 July 1998 | 22 February 2001 |
Rod Welford | Labor | 22 February 2001 | 28 July 2005 |
Linda Lavarch | Labor | 28 July 2005 | 18 October 2006 |
Kerry Shine | Labor | 1 November 2006 | 26 March 2009 |
Cameron Dick | Labor | 26 March 2009 | 21 February 2011 |
Paul Lucas | Labor | 21 February 2011 | 24 March 2012 |
Jarrod Bleijie | Liberal National | 3 April 2012 | 14 February 2015 |
Yvette D'Ath | Labor | 16 February 2015 | 12 November 2020 |
Shannon Fentiman | Labor | 13 November 2020 | 18 May 2023 |
Yvette D'Ath | Labor | 18 May 2023 | 28 October 2024 |
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