Attorney-General of Tasmania


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.

Attorney-General of Tasmania
Tasmanian Coat of arms
Flag of Tasmania
Incumbent
Elise Archer
since 21 March 2018
Department of Justice
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPremier of Tasmania
SeatExecutive Building
15 Murray Street, Hobart
NominatorPremier of Tasmania
AppointerGovernor of Tasmania
on the advice of the premier
Term lengthAt the Governor's pleasure
Formation1 November 1856
First holderSir Francis Smith
Websitewww.justice.tas.gov.au

The current Attorney-General of Tasmania, since March 2018, is Elise Archer of the Liberal Party.[1]

List of attorneys-general of Tasmania
NameStartEnd
Francis Smith1 November 185626 February 1857
John Gregson26 February 185725 April 1857
Francis Smith25 April 18571 November 1860
Thomas John Knight1 November 18604 February 1861
William Lambert Dobson5 February 186120 January 1863
Robert Byron Miller20 January 186324 November 1866
William Lambert Dobson24 November 18665 February 1870
William Giblin5 February 18704 November 1872
John Alexander Jackson4 November 18724 April 1873
William Giblin4 August 187320 July 1876
Charles Hamilton Bromby20 July 18769 August 1877
William Giblin9 August 187713 August 1877
Alfred Dobson13 August 187710 December 1878
John Stokell Dodds20 December 18781 December 1881
William Giblin1 December 18815 August 1884
John Stokell Dodds15 August 188415 February 1887
Richard Lucas25 February 188729 March 1887
Andrew Inglis Clark30 March 188717 August 1892
Elliott Lewis17 August 189214 April 1894
Andrew Inglis Clark14 April 189423 October 1897
Don Urquhart10 November 189712 October 1899
Elliott Lewis12 October 18998 April 1903
Herbert Nicholls9 April 190311 June 1904
William Propsting1 May 190619 June 1909
Albert Solomon19 June 190920 October 1909
John Earle20 October 190927 October 1909
Albert Solomon27 October 19096 February 1914
John Earle6 April 191614 April 1916
William Propsting15 April 191614 August 1923
Alexander Hean14 August 192325 October 1923
Albert Ogilvie25 October 192315 June 1928
Henry Baker15 June 192822 June 1934
Eric Ogilvie22 June 193419 August 1940
James McDonaldAugust 1940December 1946
Roy Fagan10 December 194619 July 1958
Bill Neilson22 July 195828 October 1958
Eric Reece28 October 195812 May 1959
Roy Fagan12 May 195926 May 1969
Max Bingham26 May 19693 May 1972
Merv Everett3 May 19721 August 1972
Eric Reece2 August 197221 August 1974
Merv Everett21 August 197212 April 1974
Bill Neilson12 April 197431 March 1975
Brian Kirkwall Miller31 March 197426 May 1982
Max Bingham27 May 198213 June 1984
Geoff Pearsall14 June 198419 February 1986
John Bennett19 February 198629 June 1989
Peter Patmore3 July 198917 February 1992
Ray Groom17 February 199218 February 1992
Ron Cornish18 February 199218 March 1996
Sue Napier18 March 199621 March 1996
Ray Groom21 March 199614 September 1998
Paul Lennon14 September 199818 September 1998
Peter Patmore18 September 199820 July 2002
Judy Jackson [1st female]9 August 20025 April 2006
Steve Kons5 April 200612 February 2008
David Llewellyn12 February 200817 September 2008
Lara Giddings17 September 200824 January 2011
David Bartlett24 January 201113 May 2011
Brian Wightman13 May 201131 March 2014
Vanessa Goodwin31 March 20142 October 2017
Will Hodgman2 October 201721 March 2018
Elise Archer21 March 2018Present

See also

References
  1. "List of Australian Attorneys-General".
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