List of Chief Justices of Australia by time in office

6,134 days
Sir Garfield Barwick
Longest serving
Chief Justice: 1964 - 1981
294 days
Sir Isaac Isaacs
Shortest serving
Chief Justice: 1930 - 1931

This is a list of Australian Chief Justices by time in office.

Chief Justices of Australia

Rank by
length
of term		 Chief Justice Appointed
by		 Date of
appointment		 Date of
retirement		 Length of
term		 Length of
retirement		 Date of death
 Order
by date
1 Garfield Barwick Menzies 27 April 1964 11 February 1981 6,134 days 5,997 days 14 July 1997 7
2 John Latham Lyons 11 October 1935 7 April 1952 6,023 days 4,492 days 25 July 1964 5
3 Samuel Griffith Deakin 5 October 1903 17 October 1919 5,856 days 297 days 9 August 1920 1
4 Owen Dixon Menzies 18 April 1952 13 April 1964 4,378 days 3,007 days 7 July 1972 6
5 Adrian Knox Hughes 18 October 1919 31 March 1930 3,817 days 758 days 27 April 1932 2
6 Murray Gleeson Howard 22 May 1998 29 August 2008 3,752 days 2,810 days 11
7 Anthony Mason Hawke 6 February 1987 20 April 1995 2,995 days 7,690 days 9
8 Robert French Rudd 1 September 2008 Incumbent 2,807 days Incumbent 12
9 Harry Gibbs Fraser 12 February 1981 5 February 1987 2,184 days 6,715 days 25 June 2005 8
10 Frank Gavan Duffy Scullin 22 January 1931 1 October 1935 1,713 days 302 days 29 July 1936 4
11 Gerard Brennan Keating 21 April 1995 21 May 1998 1,126 days 6,563 days 10
12 Isaac Isaacs Scullin 2 April 1930 21 January 1931 294 days 6,230 days 11 February 1948 3

    Milestone illustrations

    The time frames involved in the length of service by previous holders of the office can be illustrated by comparing them to the length of time it would take for incumbent Chief Justice Robert French to reach them. However, due to the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Justices, it will be constitutionally impossible for French to reach any of these milestones.

    See also

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