Solicitor-General of Victoria

The Solicitor-General of Victoria, Australia is the state's Second Law Officer, behind the Attorney-General. The holders of this office are appointed by Cabinet on the basis of their legal expertise. Solicitors-General are members of the Executive. Formerly, they were elected members of parliament, but have not been so since the early/mid twentieth century.[1]

The functions of the Victorian Solicitor-General are two-fold. First, they act as Victoria's senior legal adviser. Second, they represent the state in significant legal proceedings where Victoria is party, or where the Victorian Attorney-General intervenes either in Commonwealth matters under section 78A of the Judiciary Act 1903 or in matters concerning the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 under s 34 of that Act.

In 2003, Victoria appointed its first female Solicitor-General, Pamela Tate, following an unprecedented public advertising of the position.[2]

Name Appointed Concluded Comments Notes
Redmond Barry15 July 185118 January 1852Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court[3][4][5]
Edward Williams13 April 185220 July 1852Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court[3][6][7]
James Croke21 July 185228 November 1855[3][8][9]
Robert Molesworth4 January 1854 [lower-alpha 1]17 June 1856Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court[3][11][12]
Thomas Fellows27 June 185625 February 1857Appointed Attorney-General[3][13][14]
Robert Sitwell25 February 185711 March 1857[3][15][16]
John Wood11 March 185729 April 1857[3][17][18]
Thomas Fellows29 April 185710 March 1858[3][14][19]
Richard Ireland10 March 185827 October 1858[3][20][21]
Travers Adamson27 October 18595 March 1860[3][22][23]
James Martley5 March 186026 November 1860[3][24][25]
vacant27 November 18601 September 1869[3]
James Casey2 September 186920 September 1869[3][26][27]
Cole Aspinall [lower-alpha 2]19 January 18709 April 1870[3][28][29]
Henry Wrixon9 April 187019 June 1871[3][30][31]
Howard Spensley19 June 187110 June 1872[3][32][33]
George Kerferd10 June 187231 July 1874[3][34][35]
Townsend McDermott31 July 18747 August 1875[3][36][37]
vacant8 September 18758 July 1881[3]
Frank Dobson9 July 18818 March 1883[3][38][39]
Alfred Deakin12 March 188323 April 1884[3][40][41]
vacant24 April 188431 August 1890[3]
Alfred Deakin1 September 18905 November 1890[3][41][42]
vacant6 November 189015 February 1892[3]
George Turner16 February 189223 January 1893[3][43]
Isaac Isaacs23 January 189323 May 1893[3][44]
Agar Wynne6 June 189327 September 1894[3][45]
Sir Henry Cuthbert27 September 18945 December 1899[3][46]
John Davies5 December 189919 November 1900[3][47]
Agar Wynne19 November 190010 June 1902[3][45]
John Davies10 June 19026 February 1903[3][47]
William Irvine [lower-alpha 3]6 February 19037 September 1903[3][48]
vacant8 September 190315 February 1904[3]
John Davies [lower-alpha 3]16 February 190428 February 1908[3][47]
John Mackey28 February 19088 September 1908[49][50]
John Davies [lower-alpha 3]8 September 19088 January 1909[47][51]
James Drysdale Brown [lower-alpha 3]8 January 19099 December 1913[3][52]
William Evans [lower-alpha 3]9 December 191322 December 1913[3][53]
Donald Mackinnon [lower-alpha 3]22 December 19139 November 1915[3][54]
Harry Lawson [lower-alpha 3]9 November 191528 November 1917[3][55]
Agar Wynne [lower-alpha 3]29 November 191720 March 1918[56][45]
Arthur Robinson21 March 191820 January 1920[56][57][58]
Harry Lawson20 January 192020 September 1920[56][55][59]
Arthur Robinson [lower-alpha 3]20 September 192011 July 1924[56][60][61]
Henry Cohen KC [lower-alpha 3]11 July 192417 July 1924[56][62][63]
Bill Slater [lower-alpha 3]18 July 192418 November 1924[56][64][65]
Sir Frederic Eggleston [lower-alpha 3]18 November 192427 April 1927[56][66]
John Allan [lower-alpha 3]28 April 192719 May 1927[56][67]
Bill Slater [lower-alpha 3]20 May 192721 November 1928[65]
Ian Macfarlan [lower-alpha 3]26 November 192811 December 1929[56][68]
Bill Slater [lower-alpha 3]12 December 192918 May 1932[65]
Robert Menzies [lower-alpha 3]19 May 193224 July 1934[56][69]
Ian Macfarlan [lower-alpha 3]25 July 193420 March 1935[56][68]
Harold Cohen20 March 19352 April 1935[56][70][71]
Lou Bussau [lower-alpha 3]2 April 19351 April 1938[56][72][73]
Albert Dunstan22 April 193813 September 1943[56][74][75]
Bill Slater [lower-alpha 3]14 September 194317 September 1943[65]
Ian Macfarlan [lower-alpha 3]18 September 194320 November 1945[56][68]
Bill Slater [lower-alpha 3]21 November 194519 November 1947[65]
Trevor Oldham [lower-alpha 3]20 November 194726 June 1950[56][76]
Tom Mitchell [lower-alpha 3]27 June 195012 December 1951[56][77]
Sir Henry Winneke QC12 December 19511 September 1964Senior Counsel to the Attorney-General (1950-1951).
Appointed Chief Justice		[78][79]
Tony Murray QC2 September 19644 September 1974[80][81]
Daryl Dawson QC5 September 197415 August 1982[82]
Hartog Berkeley QC16 September 19821992[83][84]
Raymond Finkelstein QC (acting)19921992[56]
Douglas Graham QC19922002[85]
Pamela Tate SC8 July 20031 September 2010[2]
Stephen McLeish SC1 April 201110 March 2015[86]
Richard Niall SC10 June 201528 November 2017[87]
Kristen Walker QC28 November 2017[88]

See also

Notes
  1. acting from 4 January 1854 to 28 November 1855.[10]
  2. Appointed on after his resignation from the Legislative Assembly[28]
  3. Appointed both Attorney-General and Solicitor-General

References
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