Attorney-General of Victoria

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Attorney-General of Victoria
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Incumbent
Sonya Kilkenny
since 19 December 2024
Department of Justice and Community Safety
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Premier of Victoria
Seat Level 26, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
NominatorPremier of Victoria
Appointer Governor of Victoria
on the advice of the premier
Term length At the governor's pleasure
Formation15 Jul 1851
First holderSir William Stawell
Deputy Solicitor-General
Website www.justice.vic.gov.au

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 2024, been Sonya Kilkenny 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.

Colonial Victoria

OrderMP [2] Term startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1 William Stawell MP 15 July 185125 February 18575 years, 225 days [3] [4] [5]
2 Thomas Fellows MP 25 February 185711 March 185714 days [4]
3 Henry Samuel Chapman ^ 11 March 185729 April 185749 days [6]
4 Archibald Michie MP 29 April 185710 March 1858315 days [7]
(3) Henry Samuel Chapman MP 10 March 185827 October 18591 year, 231 days [8]
5 John Wood MP 27 October 185926 November 18601 year, 30 days [9]
6 Richard Davies Ireland MP 26 November 186029 July 1861245 days [10]
7 Butler Cole Aspinall MP 29 July 186114 November 1861108 days
(6) Richard Davies Ireland MP 14 November 186127 June 18631 year, 225 days [11]
8 George Higinbotham MP 27 June 18636 May 18684 years, 314 days [12]
9 Morgan McDonnell MP 6 May 186811 July 186866 days [13]
10 George Paton Smith MP 11 July 186820 September 18691 year, 71 days [14]
(9) Morgan McDonnell MP 20 September 18699 April 1870201 days [15]
(4) Archibald Michie MP 9 April 187019 June 18711 year, 71 days [16]
11 Robert Walsh MP 5 July 187110 June 1872341 days [17]
12 James Stephen MP 10 June 18721 May 18741 year, 325 days [18]
13 George Kerferd MP 2 May 18747 August 18751 year, 97 days [18] [19]
14 Robert Le Poer Trench ^ 9 August 187520 October 187572 days [20] [21]
(13) George Kerferd MP 20 October 187521 May 18771 year, 213 days [22]
(14) Robert Le Poer Trench ^ 22 May 187727 March 1878309 days [23]
15 Bryan O'Loghlen MP 27 March 18785 March 18801 year, 344 days [23] [24]
(13) George Kerferd MP 5 March 18803 August 1880151 days [25]
16 William Vale MP 3 August 18809 July 1881340 days [26]
(15) Bryan O'Loghlen MP 9 July 18818 March 18831 year, 242 days [27]
(13) George Kerferd MP 8 March 18831 January 18862 years, 299 days [28]
17 Henry Wrixon MP 18 February 18865 November 18904 years, 260 days [29]
18 William Shiels MP 5 November 189016 February 18921 year, 103 days [30]
19 John Gavan Duffy MP 16 February 189228 April 189272 days [31]
(18) William Shiels MP 28 April 189223 January 1893270 days
(15) Bryan O'Loghlen MP 23 January 189327 September 18941 year, 247 days [32]
20 Isaac Isaacs MP 27 September 18945 December 18995 years, 69 days [33]
21 William Irvine MP 5 December 189919 November 1900349 days [34]
(20) Isaac Isaacs MP 19 November 19004 June 1901197 days [35] [36]
22 Samuel Gillott MP 4 June 190110 June 19021 year, 6 days [36]

Post-federation

OrderMP [2] Party affiliationTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
(21) William Irvine MP Reform 10 June 19027 September 19031 year, 89 days [37]
23 John Mark Davies MLC 7 September 19038 January 19095 years, 123 days [38] [39]
24 James Drysdale Brown MLC Commonwealth Liberal 8 January 19099 December 19134 years, 335 days [40] [41]
25 William Evans MLC Labor 9 December 191322 December 191313 days [42]
26 Donald Mackinnon MP Commonwealth Liberal 22 December 19139 November 19151 year, 322 days [43] [44]
27 Harry Lawson MP 9 November 191529 November 19172 years, 20 days [44]
28 Agar Wynne MP Nationalist 29 November 191721 March 1918112 days [45]
(27) Harry Lawson MP 21 March 191821 October 19191 year, 214 days [46]
29 Arthur Robinson MLC 21 October 191911 July 19244 years, 264 days [46] [47]
30 Henry Cohen MLC 11 July 192418 July 19247 days [47]
31 Bill Slater MP Labor 18 July 192418 November 1924123 days [48]
32 Frederic Eggleston MP Nationalist 18 November 192428 April 19272 years, 161 days [49]
33 John Allan MP Country 28 April 192720 May 192722 days
(31) Bill Slater MP Labor 20 May 192722 November 19281 year, 186 days [50]
34 Ian Macfarlan MP Nationalist 22 November 192812 December 19291 year, 20 days [51] [52]
(31) Bill Slater MP Labor 12 December 192919 May 19322 years, 159 days [53]
35 Robert Menzies MP United Australia Party 19 May 193225 July 19342 years, 67 days [54]
(34) Ian Macfarlan MP 25 July 19342 April 1935251 days
36 Albert Bussau MP United Country 2 April 193518 April 19383 years, 16 days [55]
37 Henry Bailey MP 26 April 193814 September 19435 years, 141 days [56] [55]
(31) Bill Slater MP Labor 14 September 194318 September 19434 days [57]
(34) Ian Macfarlan MP United Australia Party 18 September 194321 November 19452 years, 64 days [58] [59]
(31) Bill Slater MP Labor 21 November 194520 November 19471 year, 364 days [60]
38 Trevor Oldham MP Liberal 20 November 194727 June 19502 years, 219 days [61]
39 Tom Mitchell MP Country 27 June 195028 October 19522 years, 123 days [62]
40 Thomas Hollway MP Electoral Reform League 28 October 195231 October 19523 days [63]
(39) Tom Mitchell MP Country 31 October 195217 December 195247 days [64] [65]
(31) Bill Slater MLC Labor 17 December 19527 June 19552 years, 172 days [66]
41 William Leggatt MP Liberal Country Party 7 June 19558 June 19551 day [67]
42 Arthur Rylah MP 8 June 19559 May 196711 years, 335 days
43 George Reid MP 9 May 196730 May 19736 years, 21 days [67] [68]
44 Vernon Wilcox MP Liberal 30 May 197331 March 19762 years, 306 days [68]
45 Alan Hunt MLC 31 March 19766 May 197636 days
46 Haddon Storey MLC 6 May 19768 April 19825 years, 337 days [68] [69]
47 John Cain MP Labor 8 April 19828 September 19831 year, 153 days [70]
48 Jim Kennan MLC 8 September 198314 December 19874 years, 97 days
49 Andrew McCutcheon MP 14 December 19872 April 19902 years, 109 days [70] [71]
(48) Jim Kennan MP 2 April 19906 October 19922 years, 187 days [71] [72]
50 Jan Wade MP Liberal 6 October 199220 October 19997 years, 14 days [73]
51 Rob Hulls MP Labor 20 October 19992 December 201011 years, 43 days [74] [75]
52 Robert Clark MP Liberal 2 December 20104 December 20144 years, 2 days [76] [77]
53 Martin Pakula MP Labor 4 December 201429 November 20183 years, 360 days [78]
54 Jill Hennessy MP 29 November 201816 December 20202 years, 17 days
55 Jaclyn Symes MLC 22 December 202019 December 20243 years, 363 days [78] [79]
56 Sonya Kilkenny MP 19 December 2024Incumbent1 year, 4 days [80]

See also

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