Attorney-General_of_Victoria_(Australia)

Attorney-General of Victoria
Attorney-General of Victoria
	Victorian Coat of arms
	Flag of Victoria
	Incumbent; Jaclyn Symes; since 22 December 2020
	Department of Justice and Community Safety
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament; Cabinet; Executive Council;
Reports to	Premier of Victoria
Seat	Level 26, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Nominator	Premier of Victoria
Appointer	Governor of Victoria; on the advice of the premier
Term length	At the governor's pleasure
Formation	15 Jul 1851
First holder	Sir William Stawell
Deputy	Solicitor-General
Website	www.justice.vic.gov.au

Attorney-General of Victoria

Chief law officer for the state of Victoria, Australia

The Attorney-General of Victoria, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for Victoria,^[1] 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.

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The current Attorney-General of Victoria has, since December 2020, been Jaclyn Symes 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.

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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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Order	MP^[2]	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	William Stawell MP	15 July 1851	25 February 1857	5 years, 225 days	^[3]^[4]^[5]
2	Thomas Fellows MP	25 February 1857	11 March 1857	14 days	^[4]
3	Henry Samuel Chapman^	11 March 1857	29 April 1857	49 days	^[6]
4	Archibald Michie MP	29 April 1857	10 March 1858	315 days	^[7]
(3)	Henry Samuel Chapman MP	10 March 1858	27 October 1859	1 year, 231 days	^[8]
5	John Wood MP	27 October 1859	26 November 1860	1 year, 30 days	^[9]
6	Richard Davies Ireland MP	26 November 1860	29 July 1861	245 days	^[10]
7	Butler Cole Aspinall MP	29 July 1861	14 November 1861	108 days	^[10]
(6)	Richard Davies Ireland MP	14 November 1861	27 June 1863	1 year, 225 days	^[11]
8	George Higinbotham MP	27 June 1863	6 May 1868	4 years, 314 days	^[12]
9	Morgan McDonnell MP	6 May 1868	11 July 1868	66 days	^[13]
10	George Paton Smith MP	11 July 1868	20 September 1869	1 year, 71 days	^[14]
(9)	Morgan McDonnell MP	20 September 1869	9 April 1870	201 days	^[15]
(4)	Archibald Michie MP	9 April 1870	19 June 1871	1 year, 71 days	^[16]
11	Robert Walsh MP	5 July 1871	10 June 1872	341 days	^[17]
12	James Stephen MP	10 June 1872	1 May 1874	1 year, 325 days	^[18]
13	George Kerferd MP	2 May 1874	7 August 1875	1 year, 97 days	^[18]^[19]
14	Robert Le Poer Trench^	9 August 1875	20 October 1875	72 days	^[20]^[21]
(13)	George Kerferd MP	20 October 1875	21 May 1877	1 year, 213 days	^[22]
(14)	Robert Le Poer Trench^	22 May 1877	27 March 1878	309 days	^[23]
15	Bryan O'Loghlen MP	27 March 1878	5 March 1880	1 year, 344 days	^[23]^[24]
(13)	George Kerferd MP	5 March 1880	3 August 1880	151 days	^[25]
16	William Vale MP	3 August 1880	9 July 1881	340 days	^[26]
(15)	Bryan O'Loghlen MP	9 July 1881	8 March 1883	1 year, 242 days	^[27]
(13)	George Kerferd MP	8 March 1883	1 January 1886	2 years, 299 days	^[28]
17	Henry Wrixon MP	18 February 1886	5 November 1890	4 years, 260 days	^[29]
18	William Shiels MP	5 November 1890	16 February 1892	1 year, 103 days	^[30]
19	John Gavan Duffy MP	16 February 1892	28 April 1892	72 days	^[31]
(18)	William Shiels MP	28 April 1892	23 January 1893	270 days	^[31]
(15)	Bryan O'Loghlen MP	23 January 1893	27 September 1894	1 year, 247 days	^[32]
20	Isaac Isaacs MP	27 September 1894	5 December 1899	5 years, 69 days	^[33]
21	William Irvine MP	5 December 1899	19 November 1900	349 days	^[34]
(20)	Isaac Isaacs MP	19 November 1900	4 June 1901	197 days	^[35]^[36]
22	Samuel Gillott MP	4 June 1901	10 June 1902	1 year, 6 days	^[36]

Order	MP^[2]		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
(21)	William Irvine MP	Reform	10 June 1902	7 September 1903	1 year, 89 days	^[37]
23	John Mark Davies MLC	Reform	7 September 1903	8 January 1909	5 years, 123 days	^[38]^[39]
24	James Drysdale Brown MLC	Commonwealth Liberal	8 January 1909	9 December 1913	4 years, 335 days	^[40]^[41]
25	William Evans MLC	Labor	9 December 1913	22 December 1913	13 days	^[42]
26	Donald Mackinnon MP	Commonwealth Liberal	22 December 1913	9 November 1915	1 year, 322 days	^[43]^[44]
27	Harry Lawson MP	Commonwealth Liberal	9 November 1915	29 November 1917	2 years, 20 days	^[44]
28	Agar Wynne MP	Nationalist	29 November 1917	21 March 1918	112 days	^[45]
(27)	Harry Lawson MP		21 March 1918	21 October 1919	1 year, 214 days	^[46]
29	Arthur Robinson MLC		21 October 1919	11 July 1924	4 years, 264 days	^[46]^[47]
30	Henry Cohen MLC		11 July 1924	18 July 1924	7 days	^[47]
31	Bill Slater MP	Labor	18 July 1924	18 November 1924	123 days	^[48]
32	Frederic Eggleston MP	Nationalist	18 November 1924	28 April 1927	2 years, 161 days	^[49]
33	John Allan MP	Country	28 April 1927	20 May 1927	22 days	^[49]
(31)	Bill Slater MP	Labor	20 May 1927	22 November 1928	1 year, 186 days	^[50]
34	Ian Macfarlan MP	Nationalist	22 November 1928	12 December 1929	1 year, 20 days	^[51]^[52]
(31)	Bill Slater MP	Labor	12 December 1929	19 May 1932	2 years, 159 days	^[53]
35	Robert Menzies MP	United Australia Party	19 May 1932	25 July 1934	2 years, 67 days	^[54]
(34)	Ian Macfarlan MP	United Australia Party	25 July 1934	2 April 1935	251 days	^[54]
36	Albert Bussau MP	United Country	2 April 1935	18 April 1938	3 years, 16 days	^[55]
37	Henry Bailey MP	United Country	26 April 1938	14 September 1943	5 years, 141 days	^[56]^[55]
(31)	Bill Slater MP	Labor	14 September 1943	18 September 1943	4 days	^[57]
(34)	Ian Macfarlan MP	United Australia Party	18 September 1943	21 November 1945	2 years, 64 days	^[58]^[59]
(31)	Bill Slater MP	Labor	21 November 1945	20 November 1947	1 year, 364 days	^[60]
38	Trevor Oldham MP	Liberal	20 November 1947	27 June 1950	2 years, 219 days	^[61]
39	Tom Mitchell MP	Country	27 June 1950	28 October 1952	2 years, 123 days	^[62]
40	Thomas Hollway MP	Electoral Reform League	28 October 1952	31 October 1952	3 days	^[63]
(39)	Tom Mitchell MP	Country	31 October 1952	17 December 1952	47 days	^[64]^[65]
(31)	Bill Slater MLC	Labor	17 December 1952	7 June 1955	2 years, 172 days	^[66]
41	William Leggatt MP	Liberal Country Party	7 June 1955	8 June 1955	1 day	^[67]
42	Arthur Rylah MP		8 June 1955	9 May 1967	11 years, 335 days	^[67]
43	George Reid MP		9 May 1967	30 May 1973	6 years, 21 days	^[67]^[68]
44	Vernon Wilcox MP	Liberal	30 May 1973	31 March 1976	2 years, 306 days	^[68]
45	Alan Hunt MLC		31 March 1976	6 May 1976	36 days	^[68]
46	Haddon Storey MLC		6 May 1976	8 April 1982	5 years, 337 days	^[68]^[69]
47	John Cain MP	Labor	8 April 1982	8 September 1983	1 year, 153 days	^[70]
48	Jim Kennan MLC		8 September 1983	14 December 1987	4 years, 97 days	^[70]
49	Andrew McCutcheon MP		14 December 1987	2 April 1990	2 years, 109 days	^[70]^[71]
(48)	Jim Kennan MP		2 April 1990	6 October 1992	2 years, 187 days	^[71]^[72]
50	Jan Wade MP	Liberal	6 October 1992	20 October 1999	7 years, 14 days	^[73]
51	Rob Hulls MP	Labor	20 October 1999	2 December 2010	11 years, 43 days	^[74]^[75]
52	Robert Clark MP	Liberal	2 December 2010	4 December 2014	4 years, 2 days	^[76]^[77]
53	Martin Pakula MP	Labor	4 December 2014	29 November 2018	3 years, 360 days	^[78]
54	Jill Hennessy MP		29 November 2018	16 December 2020	2 years, 17 days	^[78]
55	Jaclyn Symes MLC		22 December 2020	Incumbent	3 years, 118 days	^[78]^[79]

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Attorney-General of Victoria
Victorian Coat of arms
Flag of Victoria
Incumbent Jaclyn Symes since 22 December 2020
Department of Justice and Community Safety
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament Cabinet Executive Council
Reports to	Premier of Victoria
Seat	Level 26, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Nominator	Premier of Victoria
Appointer	Governor of Victoria on the advice of the premier
Term length	At the governor's pleasure
Formation	15 Jul 1851
First holder	Sir William Stawell
Deputy	Solicitor-General
Website	www.justice.vic.gov.au