Attorney-General of Queensland

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Attorney-General of Queensland
Coat of Arms of Queensland.svg
Coat of Arms of Queensland
Flag of Queensland.svg
Flag of Queensland
Incumbent
Yvette D'Ath
since 18 May 2023
Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Premier of Queensland
Seat 1 William Street, Brisbane
NominatorPremier of Queensland
Appointer Governor of Queensland
on the advice of the premier
Term length At the Governor's pleasure
Formation12 December 1859
First holder Ratcliffe Pring
Website www.justice.qld.gov.au

The attorney-general of Queensland is a ministerial position of the Government of Queensland with responsibility for the state's legal and justice system.

As of 18 May 2023, the Attorney-General of Queensland is Yvette D'Ath.

List of attorneys-general of Queensland

The following served as Attorney-General of Queensland: [1]

Attorney-GeneralPartyStart of termEnd of term
Ratcliffe Pring 12 December 185930 August 1865
John Bramston 31 August 186511 September 1865
Charles Lilley 11 September 186520 July 1866
Ratcliffe Pring 21 July 18667 August 1866
Charles Lilley 7 August 186615 August 1867
Ratcliffe Pring 15 August 186725 November 1868
Charles Lilley 25 November 186812 November 1869
Ratcliffe Pring 12 November 18693 May 1870
John Bramston 3 May 18702 January 1874
Ratcliffe Pring 2 January 18748 January 1874
Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt 8 January 18743 August 1874
Samuel Griffith 3 August 18747 December 1878
James Francis Garrick 7 December 187821 January 1879
John Malbon Thompson 21 January 187916 May 1879
Ratcliffe Pring 16 May 18794 June 1880
Henry Beor 4 June 188025 December 1880
Pope Alexander Cooper 31 December 18805 January 1883
Charles E. Chubb 6 January 188313 November 1883
Arthur Rutledge 13 November 188313 June 1888
Andrew Joseph Thynne 13 June 188812 August 1890
Samuel Griffith 12 August 189013 March 1893
Thomas Joseph Byrnes 3 March 189327 September 1898
Walter Horatio Wilson 1 October 189828 March 1899
Arthur Rutledge 28 March 18991 December 1899
Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald Labor1 December 18997 December 1899
Arthur Rutledge 7 December 189917 September 1903
James William Blair 17 September 190319 November 1907
Francis Isidore Power 19 November 190718 February 1908
James William Blair 18 February 190829 October 1908
Thomas O'Sullivan 29 October 19081 June 1915
Thomas Joseph Ryan Labor1 June 191522 October 1919
John Arthur Fihelly Labor22 October 191912 November 1920
John Mullan Labor12 November 192021 May 1929
Neil Francis McGroarty CPNP21 May 192917 June 1932
John Mullan Labor17 June 193214 November 1940
John O'Keefe Labor14 November 19408 December 1941
David Alexander Gledson Labor8 December 194114 May 1949
George Henry Devries Labor, Queensland Labor9 June 194910 May 1950
James Larcombe Labor10 May 195010 March 1952
William Joseph Power Labor, Queensland Labor10 March 195212 August 1957
Alan Whiteside Munro Liberal12 August 195726 September 1963
Peter Roylance Delamothe Liberal26 September 196319 December 1971
William Edward Knox Liberal20 December 197113 August 1976
William Daniel Lickiss Liberal13 August 197623 December 1980
Samuel Sydney Doumany Liberal23 December 198018 August 1983
Neville John Harper National19 August 19831 December 1986
Paul Clauson National1 December 19861 December 1987
Michael John Ahern Country/National1 December 19879 December 1987
Paul Clauson National9 December 198728 August 1989
Ivan James Gibbs National31 August 198925 September 1989
Paul Clauson National25 September 19897 December 1989
Dean Wells Labor7 December 198931 July 1995
Matt Foley Labor31 July 199519 February 1996
Joan Mary Sheldon Liberal19 February 199626 February 1996
Denver Beanland Liberal28 February 199629 June 1998
Matt Foley Labor29 July 199822 February 2001
Rod Welford Labor22 February 200128 July 2005
Linda Lavarch Labor28 July 200518 October 2006
Kerry Shine Labor1 November 200626 March 2009
Cameron Dick Labor26 March 200921 February 2011
Paul Lucas Labor21 February 201124 March 2012
Jarrod Bleijie Liberal National3 April 201214 February 2015
Yvette D'Ath Labor16 February 201512 November 2020
Shannon Fentiman Labor13 November 202018 May 2023
Yvette D'Ath Labor18 May 2023Incumbent

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References

  1. ↑ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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