Attorney-General of Western Australia

The Attorney-General of Western Australia is the member of the Government of Western Australia responsible for maintenance and improvement of Western Australia's system of law and justice. Before the advent of representative government in 1870, the title was Advocate-General of Western Australia. The Attorney-General must be a qualified legal practitioner. When there are none in the cabinet, a lay person is sometimes appointed to the office of Minister for Justice.[1]

The current Attorney-General of Western Australia, since 29 June 2012, is Michael Mischin.

List of Advocates-General of Western Australia

This is a list of Advocates-General of Western Australia from 1831 to 1870.[2]

Advocate-General Time in Office
William Mackie 183134
Hon. George Fletcher Moore 183446
Hon. Richard West Nash 184146 (acting); 184652
Hon. B. W. Vigors 185254 (acting)
Hon. George Frederick Stone 185457
Hon. Richard Burnie 185759
Hon. George Frederick Stone 186070

List of Attorneys-General of Western Australia

This is a list of Attorneys-General of Western Australia. The office was not always filled: the Australian Parliamentary Library notes that where there was no lawyer among the ministers elected, there would be a Minister for Justice instead of an Attorney-General.[3][4]

Attorney-General Time in Office
Robert John Walcott[5][6] 4 November 1870December 1872
Sir Henry Hocking[7] December 187230 June 1874
George Walpole Leake 30 June 187416 January 1875
Sir Henry Hicks Hocking 16 January 187525 February 1879
George Walpole Leake 1 March 187924 November 1879
Edward Albert Stone 24 November 187921 March 1880
George Walpole Leake 21 March 188021 March 1881
Alexander Onslow 21 March 18819 April 1883
George Walpole Leake 9 April 188310 July 1883
Alfred Hensman 10 July 188318 June 1886
Septimus Burt 19 June 18863 December 1886
Charles Warton 9 December 1886 December 1890
Septimus Burt 29 December 189027 October 1897
Richard Pennefather 27 October 189720 March 1901
George Leake 27 May 190121 November 1901
Frederick Moorhead 21 November 190123 December 1901
George Leake 23 December 190124 June 1902
Walter James 1 July 190210 August 1904
Norbert Keenan 14 May 190614 May 1909
John Nanson 16 September 19107 October 1911
Thomas Walker 7 October 191127 July 1916
Robert Robinson 27 July 191617 May 1919
Thomas Draper 17 May 191912 March 1921
Thomas Davy 24 April 193018 February 1933
Hubert Parker 22 February 19338 April 1933
Robert Ross McDonald 1 April 19475 January 1948
Arthur Abbott 5 January 194823 February 1953
Arthur Watts 2 April 195931 January 1962
Tom Evans 21 October 19718 April 1974
Ian Medcalf 22 December 197525 February 1983
Joe Berinson 25 February 198316 February 1993
Cheryl Edwardes 16 February 199321 December 1995
Peter Foss 21 December 199516 February 2001
Jim McGinty 16 February 200123 September 2008
Christian Porter 23 September 200812 June 2012
Michael Mischin 29 June 2012present

References

  1. "Justice Ministers of Western Australia" (pdf). Parliamentary Library. Perth, WA: Parliament of Western Australia. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. "Membership of the Legislative Council, 1832-70" (PDF). Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. "List of Australian Attorneys-General". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. E. M. Russell, ‘Early Lawyers of Western Australia’, Journal and Proceedings (Western Australian Historical Society), vol 4, part 3, 1951, pp 32-53
  5. "Events of the Month". The Herald (Fremantle, WA). 8 December 1870. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  6. "Summary for the Mails". The Herald (Fremantle, WA). 12 October 1872. p. 3. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  7. "Arrival of the English and Colonial Mails". The Herald (Fremantle, WA). 15 February 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
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