Attorney-General of Tasmania
Attorney-General of Tasmania | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor of Tasmania on the recommendation of the Premier of Tasmania |
Inaugural holder | Sir Francis Smith |
Formation | 1856 |
The Attorney-General of Tasmania is a ministry of the Government of Tasmania with responsibility for the state's courts and tribunals. The Attorney General is a senior minister in the state government and the First Law Officer of the State.
The current Attorney-General of Tasmania, since March 2014, is Vanessa Goodwin of the Liberal Party.[1]
List of Attorneys-General of Tasmania
Name | Start | End |
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Francis Smith | 1 Nov 1856 | 26 Feb 1857 |
John Gregson | 26 Feb 1857 | 25 Apr 1857 |
Francis Smith | 25 Apr 1857 | 1 November 1860 |
Thomas John Knight | 1 Nov 1860 | 4 February 1861 |
William Lambert Dobson | 5 Feb 1861 | 20 January 1863 |
Robert Byron Miller | 20 Jan 1863 | 24 Nov 1866 |
William Lambert Dobson | 24 Nov 1866 | 5 Feb 1870 |
William Giblin | 5 Feb 1870 | 4 Nov 1872 |
John Alexander Jackson | 4 November 1872 | 1873 |
William Giblin | 1873 | 20 Jul 1876 |
Charles Hamilton Bromby | 20 Jul 1876 | 9 Aug 1877 |
William Giblin | 9 Aug 1877 | 13 Aug 1877 |
Alfred Dobson | 13 Aug 1877 | 10 Dec 1878 |
John Stokell Dodds | 20 Dec 1878 | 1 Dec 1881 |
William Giblin | 1 Dec 1881 | 5 Aug 1884 |
John Stokell Dodds | 15 Aug 1884 | 1887 |
Richard Lucas | 1887 | 29 Mar 1887 |
Andrew Inglis Clark | 30 Mar 1887 | 17 Aug 1892 |
Elliott Lewis | 17 Aug 1892 | 14 Apr 1894 |
Andrew Inglis Clark | 14 Apr 1894 | 23 Oct 1897 |
Don Urquhart | 10 Nov 1897 | 12 Oct 1899 |
Elliott Lewis | 12 Oct 1899 | 8 Apr 1903 |
Herbert Nicholls | 9 Apr 1903 | 11 Jun 1904 |
William Propsting | 1 May 1906 | 19 Jun 1909 |
Albert Solomon | 19 Jun 1909 | 20 Oct 1909 |
John Earle | 20 Oct 1909 | 27 Oct 1909 |
Albert Solomon | 27 Oct 1909 | 6 Feb 1914 |
John Earle | 6 Apr 1916 | 14 Apr 1916 |
William Propsting | 15 Apr 1916 | 14 Aug 1923 |
Alexander Hean | 14 Aug 1923 | 25 Oct 1923 |
Albert Ogilvie | 25 Oct 1923 | 15 Jun 1928 |
Henry Baker | 15 Jun 1928 | 22 Jun 1934 |
Eric Ogilvie | 22 Jun 1934 | 19 Aug 1940 |
Roy Fagan | 10 Dec 1946 | 19 Jul 1958 |
Bill Neilson | 22 Jul 1958 | 28 Oct 1958 |
Eric Reece | 28 Oct 1958 | 12 May 1959 |
Roy Fagan | 12 May 1959 | 26 May 1969 |
Max Bingham | 26 May 1969 | 3 May 1972 |
Merv Everett | 3 May 1972 | 1 Aug 1972 |
Eric Reece | 2 Aug 1972 | 21 Aug 1974 |
Merv Everett | 21 Aug 1972 | 12 Apr 1974 |
Bill Neilson | 12 Apr 1974 | 31 Mar 1975 |
Brian Kirkwall Miller | 31 Mar 1974 | 26 May 1982 |
Max Bingham | 27 May 1982 | 13 Jun 1984 |
Geoff Pearsall | 14 Jun 1984 | 19 Feb 1986 |
John Bennett | 19 Feb 1986 | 29 Jun 1989 |
Peter Patmore | 3 Jul 1989 | 17 Feb 1992 |
Ray Groom | 17 Feb 1992 | 18 Feb 1992 |
Ron Cornish | 18 Feb 1992 | 18 Mar 1996 |
Sue Napier | 18 Mar 1996 | 21 Mar 1996 |
Ray Groom | 21 Mar 1996 | 14 Sep 1998 |
Paul Lennon | 14 Sep 1998 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Peter Patmore | 18 Sep 1998 | 20 Jul 2002 |
Judy Jackson | 9 Aug 2002 | 5 Apr 2006 |
Steve Kons | 5 Apr 2006 | 12 Feb 2008 |
David Llewellyn | 12 Feb 2008 | 17 Sep 2008 |
Lara Giddings | 17 Sep 2008 | 24 Jan 2011 |
David Bartlett | 24 Jan 2011 | 13 May 2011 |
Brian Wightman | 13 May 2011 | 31 Mar 2014 |
Vanessa Goodwin | 31 Mar 2014 | present |
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