Attorney-General of Tasmania

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Attorney-General of Tasmania
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Incumbent
Guy Barnett
since 2 October 2023
Department of Justice
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Premier of Tasmania
Seat Executive Building
15 Murray Street, Hobart
NominatorPremier of Tasmania
Appointer Governor of Tasmania
on the advice of the premier
Term length At the governor's pleasure
Formation1 November 1856
First holderSir Francis Smith
Website www.justice.tas.gov.au

The attorney general of Tasmania, known simply as the attorney general, is a minister in the Government of Tasmania who has responsibility for the administration of justice in Tasmania, Australia. In addition, the attorney general is one of the Law Officers of the Crown. The attorney-general serves as the chief legal and constitutional adviser of the Crown and Government of Tasmania. The position is not directly elected, and instead is chosen by the premier and appointed by the governor.

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The current attorney-general of Tasmania, since 2 October 2023, is Guy Barnett of the Liberal Party. [1]

List of attorneys-general of Tasmania

NameStartEnd
Francis Smith 1 November 185626 February 1857
John Gregson 26 February 185725 April 1857
Francis Smith 25 April 18571 November 1860
Thomas John Knight 1 November 18604 February 1861
William Lambert Dobson 5 February 186120 January 1863
Robert Byron Miller 20 January 186324 November 1866
William Lambert Dobson 24 November 18665 February 1870
William Giblin 5 February 18704 November 1872
John Alexander Jackson 4 November 18724 April 1873
William Giblin 4 August 187320 July 1876
Charles Hamilton Bromby 20 July 18769 August 1877
William Giblin 9 August 187713 August 1877
Alfred Dobson 13 August 187710 December 1878
John Stokell Dodds 20 December 18781 December 1881
William Giblin 1 December 18815 August 1884
John Stokell Dodds 15 August 188415 February 1887
Richard Lucas 25 February 188729 March 1887
Andrew Inglis Clark 30 March 188717 August 1892
Elliott Lewis 17 August 189214 April 1894
Andrew Inglis Clark 14 April 189423 October 1897
Don Urquhart 10 November 189712 October 1899
Elliott Lewis 12 October 18998 April 1903
Herbert Nicholls 9 April 190311 June 1904
William Propsting 1 May 190619 June 1909
Albert Solomon 19 June 190920 October 1909
John Earle 20 October 190927 October 1909
Albert Solomon 27 October 19096 February 1914
John Earle 6 April 191614 April 1916
William Propsting 15 April 191614 August 1923
Alexander Hean 14 August 192325 October 1923
Albert Ogilvie 25 October 192315 June 1928
Henry Baker 15 June 192822 June 1934
Eric Ogilvie 22 June 193419 August 1940
James McDonald August 1940December 1946
Roy Fagan 10 December 194619 July 1958
Bill Neilson 22 July 195828 October 1958
Eric Reece 28 October 195812 May 1959
Roy Fagan 12 May 195926 May 1969
Max Bingham 26 May 19693 May 1972
Merv Everett 3 May 19721 August 1972
Eric Reece 2 August 197221 August 1974
Merv Everett 21 August 197212 April 1974
Bill Neilson 12 April 197431 March 1975
Brian Kirkwall Miller 31 March 197426 May 1982
Max Bingham 27 May 198213 June 1984
Geoff Pearsall 14 June 198419 February 1986
John Bennett 19 February 198629 June 1989
Peter Patmore 3 July 198917 February 1992
Ray Groom 17 February 199218 February 1992
Ron Cornish 18 February 199218 March 1996
Sue Napier 18 March 199621 March 1996
Ray Groom 21 March 199614 September 1998
Paul Lennon 14 September 199818 September 1998
Peter Patmore 18 September 199820 July 2002
Judy Jackson 9 August 20025 April 2006
Steve Kons 5 April 200612 February 2008
David Llewellyn 12 February 200817 September 2008
Lara Giddings 17 September 200824 January 2011
David Bartlett 24 January 201113 May 2011
Brian Wightman 13 May 201131 March 2014
Vanessa Goodwin 31 March 20142 October 2017
Will Hodgman 2 October 201721 March 2018
Elise Archer 21 March 201828 September 2023
Guy Barnett 2 October 2023Present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Australian Attorneys-General".
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