Attorney-General of Queensland
| Attorney-General of Queensland | |
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| Department of Justice | |
| 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 |
The attorney-general of Queensland is a ministerial position of the Government of Queensland with responsibility for the state's legal and justice system.
Upon the election of the Crisafulli Government, Deb Frecklington was appointed the attorney-general of Queensland as of 1 November 2024.
List of attorneys-general of Queensland
The following served as Attorney-General of Queensland:[1]
| Attorney-General | Party | Prior Legal Experience | Alma mater | Term start | Term end | |
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| Ratcliffe Pring QC | No party | Barrister, Crown prosecutor |
12 December 1859 | 30 August 1865 | ||
| John Bramston | No party | Barrister | 31 August 1865 | 11 September 1865 | ||
| Charles Lilley | No party | Barrister | University College London | 11 September 1865 | 20 July 1866 | |
| Ratcliffe Pring QC | No party | Barrister, Crown prosecutor |
21 July 1866 | 7 August 1866 | ||
| Charles Lilley | No party | Barrister | University College London | 7 August 1866 | 15 August 1867 | |
| Ratcliffe Pring QC | No party | Barrister, Crown prosecutor |
15 August 1867 | 25 November 1868 | ||
| Charles Lilley | No party | Barrister | University College London | 25 November 1868 | 12 November 1869 | |
| Ratcliffe Pring QC | No party | Barrister, Crown prosecutor |
12 November 1869 | 3 May 1870 | ||
| John Bramston | No party | Barrister | 3 May 1870 | 2 January 1874 | ||
| Ratcliffe Pring QC | No party | Barrister, Crown prosecutor |
2 January 1874 | 8 January 1874 | ||
| Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt | No party | Barrister | 8 January 1874 | 3 August 1874 | ||
| Samuel Griffith QC | No party | Barrister | University of Sydney | 3 August 1874 | 7 December 1878 | |
| James Francis Garrick QC | No party | Barrister | 7 December 1878 | 21 January 1879 | ||
| John Malbon Thompson | No party | Solicitor, Barrister |
21 January 1879 | 16 May 1879 | ||
| Ratcliffe Pring QC | No party | Barrister, Crown prosecutor |
16 May 1879 | 4 June 1880 | ||
| Henry Beor QC | No party | Barrister | University of Cambridge | 4 June 1880 | 25 December 1880 | |
| Pope Alexander Cooper | No party | Barrister, Crown prosecutor |
University of Sydney | 31 December 1880 | 5 January 1883 | |
| Charles E. Chubb QC | No party | Solicitor, Barrister, Crown prosecutor |
6 January 1883 | 13 November 1883 | ||
| Arthur Rutledge QC | No party | Barrister | 13 November 1883 | 13 June 1888 | ||
| Andrew Joseph Thynne | No party | Solicitor | Queen's College, Galway | 13 June 1888 | 12 August 1890 | |
| Samuel Griffith | Ministerialist | Barrister | University of Sydney | 12 August 1890 | 13 March 1893 | |
| Thomas Joseph Byrnes | Ministerialist | Barrister | University of Melbourne | 3 March 1893 | 27 September 1898 | |
| Walter Horatio Wilson | Ministerialist | n/a | 1 October 1898 | 28 March 1899 | ||
| Arthur Rutledge QC | Ministerialist | Barrister | 28 March 1899 | 1 December 1899 | ||
| Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald | Labor | Barrister | 1 December 1899 | 7 December 1899 | ||
| Arthur Rutledge QC | No party | Barrister | 7 December 1899 | 17 September 1903 | ||
| James William Blair | No party | Solicitor | 17 September 1903 | 19 November 1907 | ||
| Francis Isidore Power | Kidstonite | Solicitor | University of Dublin | 19 November 1907 | 18 February 1908 | |
| James William Blair | Kidstonite | Barrister | 18 February 1908 | 29 October 1908 | ||
| Thomas O'Sullivan KC | Kidstonite | Barrister, Solicitor |
29 October 1908 | 1 June 1915 | ||
| Thomas Joseph Ryan KC | Labor | Barrister | University of Melbourne | 1 June 1915 | 22 October 1919 | |
| John Arthur Fihelly | Labor | n/a | 22 October 1919 | 12 November 1920 | ||
| John Mullan | Labor | n/a | 12 November 1920 | 21 May 1929 | ||
| Neil Francis McGroarty | CPNP | Barrister, Solicitor |
21 May 1929 | 17 June 1932 | ||
| John Mullan | Labor | n/a | 17 June 1932 | 14 November 1940 | ||
| John O'Keefe | Labor | n/a | 14 November 1940 | 8 December 1941 | ||
| David Alexander Gledson | Labor | n/a | 8 December 1941 | 14 May 1949 | ||
| George Henry Devries | Labor | n/a | 9 June 1949 | 10 May 1950 | ||
| James Larcombe | Labor | n/a | 10 May 1950 | 10 March 1952 | ||
| William Joseph Power | Labor | n/a | 10 March 1952 | 12 August 1957 | ||
| Alan Whiteside Munro | Liberal | n/a | 12 August 1957 | 26 September 1963 | ||
| Peter Roylance Delamothe | Liberal | n/a | University of Sydney | 26 September 1963 | 19 December 1971 | |
| William Edward Knox | Liberal | n/a | 20 December 1971 | 13 August 1976 | ||
| William Daniel Lickiss | Liberal | n/a | University of Queensland | 13 August 1976 | 23 December 1980 | |
| Samuel Sydney Doumany | Liberal | n/a | 23 December 1980 | 18 August 1983 | ||
| Neville John Harper | National | n/a | 19 August 1983 | 1 December 1986 | ||
| Paul Clauson | National | Solicitor | University of Queensland | 1 December 1986 | 1 December 1987 | |
| Michael John Ahern | National | n/a | University of Queensland | 1 December 1987 | 9 December 1987 | |
| Paul Clauson | National | Solicitor | University of Queensland | 9 December 1987 | 28 August 1989 | |
| Ivan James Gibbs | National | n/a | 31 August 1989 | 25 September 1989 | ||
| Paul Clauson | National | Solicitor | University of Queensland | 25 September 1989 | 7 December 1989 | |
| Dean Wells | Labor | Barrister | Monash University | 7 December 1989 | 31 July 1995 | |
| Matt Foley | Labor | Solicitor | University of Queensland | 31 July 1995 | 19 February 1996 | |
| Joan Mary Sheldon | Liberal | n/a | University of Queensland | 19 February 1996 | 26 February 1996 | |
| Denver Beanland | Liberal | n/a | University of Queensland | 28 February 1996 | 29 June 1998 | |
| Matt Foley | Labor | Solicitor | University of Queensland | 29 July 1998 | 22 February 2001 | |
| Rod Welford | Labor | Barrister | University of Queensland | 22 February 2001 | 28 July 2005 | |
| Linda Lavarch | Labor | Solicitor | Queensland University of Technology | 28 July 2005 | 18 October 2006 | |
| Kerry Shine | Labor | Solicitor | University of Queensland | 1 November 2006 | 26 March 2009 | |
| Cameron Dick | Labor | Solicitor, Barrister |
University of Queensland University of Cambridge |
26 March 2009 | 21 February 2011 | |
| Paul Lucas | Labor | Solicitor | University of Queensland University of Southern Queensland |
21 February 2011 | 24 March 2012 | |
| Jarrod Bleijie | Liberal National | Solicitor | Queensland University of Technology | 3 April 2012 | 14 February 2015 | |
| Yvette D'Ath | Labor | Industrial Advocate | Queensland University of Technology | 16 February 2015 | 12 November 2020 | |
| Shannon Fentiman | Labor | Solicitor, Industrial Advocate |
Queensland University of Technology University of Melbourne |
13 November 2020 | 18 May 2023 | |
| Yvette D'Ath | Labor | Industrial Advocate | Queensland University of Technology | 18 May 2023 | 28 October 2024 | |
| Deb Frecklington | Liberal National | Solicitor | University of Southern Queensland Queensland University of Technology |
1 November 2024 | Incumbent | |
References
- ^ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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