| Post: | Attorney-General |
| Body: | South Australia |
| Flag: | Flag of South Australia.svg |
| Flagsize: | 120px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of South Australia |
| Insignia: | South Australian Coat of Arms.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Insigniacaption: | South Australian Coat of Arms |
| Incumbent: | Kyam Maher |
| Incumbentsince: | 24 March 2022 |
| Department: | Attorney-General's Department |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Reports To: | Premier of South Australia |
| Seat: | 45 Pirie Street, Adelaide |
| Nominator: | Premier of South Australia |
| Appointer: | Governor of South Australia |
| Appointer Qualified: | on the advice of the premier |
| Termlength: | At the Governor's pleasure |
| Formation: | 24 October 1856 |
| First: | Richard Hanson |
The attorney-general of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for that state's system of law and justice. The attorney-general must be a qualified legal practitioner, although this was not always the case.
The attorney-general oversees the Attorney-General's Department. The current attorney-general since March 2022 is Kyam Maher, a member of the South Australian Labor Party.
With the establishment of the Province of South Australia, the colony's first First Law Officer Charles Mann was appointed Advocate-General, Crown Solicitor and Public Prosecutor. The appointment as Advocate-General bestowed the office holder with membership of the Council in Government. With the arrival of self government in 1857, the position of Advocate-General became that of Attorney-General.
| Advocate-General | Time in Office |
|---|---|
| Charles Mann[1] | 1837 - 38[2] |
| George Milner Stephen[3] | 1838[4] |
| Robert Bernard | 1838 - 40[5] |
| William Smillie | 1840 - 52[6] |
| William Bartley (Acting) | 1849 - 50[7] |
| Charles Mann (Acting)[8] | 1850 - 51[9] |
| Richard Davies Hanson [10] | 1851 - 57[11] |
| Ordinal | Attorney-General | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Hanson, Richard" | 24 October 1856 | 21 August 1857 | |||||
| data-sort-value="Gwynne" | 21 August 1857 | 1 September 1857 | |||||
| data-sort-value="Andrews" | 1 September 1857 | 30 September 1857 | |||||
| data-sort-value="Hanson" | Richard Hanson | 30 September 1857 | 9 May 1860 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Strangways" | 9 May 1860 | 20 May 1861 | |||||
| data-sort-value="Stow" | 20 May 1861 | 8 October 1861 | |||||
| data-sort-value="Gawler" | 8 October 1861 | 17 October 1861 | |||||
| data-sort-value="Stow" | Randolph Isham Stow | 17 October 1861 | 4 July 1863 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Andrews" | Richard Bullock Andrews | 4 July 1863 | 22 July 1864 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Stow" | Randolph Isham Stow | 22 July 1864 | 22 March 1865 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Andrews" | Richard Bullock Andrews | 22 March 1865 | 23 October 1865 | ||||
| 7 | data-sort-value="Boucaut" | 23 October 1865 | 3 May 1867 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Andrews" | Richard Bullock Andrews | 3 May 1867 | 24 September 1868 | ||||
| 8 | data-sort-value="Bagot" | 24 September 1868 | 13 October 1868 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Andrews" | Richard Bullock Andrews | 13 October 1868 | 3 Nov 1868 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Strangways" | Henry Strangways | 3 Nov 1868 | 30 May 1870 | ||||
| 9 | data-sort-value="Baker" | 30 May 1870 | 21 July 1871 | ||||
| 10 | data-sort-value="Mann" | 21 July 1871 | 22 January 1872 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Boucaut" | James Boucaut | 22 January 1872 | 4 March 1872 | ||||
| 11 | data-sort-value="Stevenson" | 4 March 1872 | 22 July 1873 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Mann" | Charles Mann | 22 July 1873 | 3 June 1875 | ||||
| 12 | data-sort-value="Way" | 3 June 1875 | 23 March 1876 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Gawler" | Henry Gawler | 23 March 1876[12] | 25 March 1876[13] | ||||
| data-sort-value="Mann" | Charles Mann | 25 March 1876 | 6 June 1876 | ||||
| 13 | data-sort-value="Bray" | 6 June 1876 | 26 October 1877 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Mann" | Charles Mann | 26 October 1877 | 27 September 1878 | ||||
| 14 | data-sort-value="Bundey" | 27 September 1878 | 10 March 1881 | ||||
| 15 | data-sort-value="Symon" | 10 March 1881 | 24 June 1881 | ||||
| 16 | data-sort-value="Downer, John" | 24 June 1881 | 16 June 1884 | ||||
| 17 | data-sort-value="Kingston" | 16 June 1884 | 16 June 1885 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Downer, John" | John Downer | 16 June 1885 | 11 June 1887 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Kingston" | Charles Kingston | 11 June 1887 | 27 June 1889 | ||||
| 18 | data-sort-value="Moulden" | 27 June 1889 | 19 March 1890 | ||||
| 19 | data-sort-value="Turner" | 31 March 1890 | 2 May 1890 | ||||
| 20 | data-sort-value="Downer, Henry" | 2 May 1890 | 19 August 1890 | ||||
| 21 | data-sort-value="Homburg, Robert" | 19 August 1890 | 21 June 1892 | ||||
| 22 | data-sort-value="Stock" | 21 June 1892 | 15 October 1892 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Homburg, Robert" | Robert Homburg | 15 October 1892 | 16 June 1893 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Kingston" | Charles Kingston | 16 June 1893 | 1 December 1899 | ||||
| 23 | data-sort-value="Glynn" | 1 December 1899 | 8 December 1899 | ||||
| 24 | data-sort-value="Gordon" | 8 December 1899 | 2 December 1903 | ||||
| 25 | data-sort-value="von Doussa" | 2 December 1903 | 4 July 1904 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Homburg, Robert" | Robert Homburg | 4 July 1904 | 24 February 1905 | ||||
| 26 | data-sort-value="Anderson, James" | James R. Anderson[14] | 1 March 1905 | 26 July 1905 | |||
| 27 | data-sort-value="Peake" | Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU) | 26 July 1905 | 5 June 1909 | |||
| 28 | data-sort-value="Mitchell" | LDU | 5 June 1909 | 22 December 1909 | |||
| 29 | data-sort-value="Homburg, Hermann" | LDU | 22 December 1909 | 3 June 1910 | |||
| 30 | data-sort-value="Denny" | 3 June 1910 | 17 February 1912 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Homburg, Hermann" | Hermann Homburg | 17 February 1912 | 21 January 1915 | ||||
| 31 | data-sort-value="Parsons" | Liberal Union | 21 January 1915 | 3 April 1915 | |||
| 32 | data-sort-value="Vaughan" | 3 April 1915 | 14 July 1917 | ||||
| 33 | data-sort-value="Barwell" | Liberal Union | 14 July 1917 | 27 August 1917 | |||
| data-sort-value="Peake" | Archibald Peake | Liberal Union | 27 August 1917 | 29 April 1918 | |||
| data-sort-value="Barwell" | Henry Barwell | Liberal Union | 29 April 1918 | 16 April 1924 | |||
| data-sort-value="Denny" | Bill Denny | 16 April 1924 | 8 April 1927 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Homburg, Hermann" | Hermann Homburg | 8 April 1927 | 17 April 1930 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Denny" | Bill Denny | Labor | 17 April 1930 | 18 April 1933 | |||
| 34 | data-sort-value="Jeffries" | Liberal and Country League (LCL) | 18 April 1933 | 6 May 1944 | |||
| 35 | data-sort-value="Abbott" | LCL | 15 May 1944 | 17 April 1946 | |||
| 36 | data-sort-value="Rudall" | LCL | 17 April 1946 | 1 January 1955 | |||
| 37 | data-sort-value="Playford IV" | LCL | 6 January 1955 | 6 April 1955 | |||
| 38 | data-sort-value="Rowe" | LCL | 6 April 1955 | 10 March 1965 | |||
| 39 | data-sort-value="Dunstan" | Labor | 10 March 1965 | 16 April 1968 | |||
| 40 | data-sort-value="Millhouse" | LCL | 17 April 1968 | 1 June 1970 | |||
| 41 | data-sort-value="King" | Labor | 2 June 1970 | 20 June 1975 | |||
| data-sort-value="Dunstan" | Don Dunstan | Labor | 20 June 1975 | 9 October 1975 | |||
| 42 | data-sort-value="Duncan" | Labor | 9 October 1975 | 15 March 1979 | |||
| 43 | data-sort-value="Banfield" | Labor | 15 March 1979 | 1 May 1979 | |||
| 44 | data-sort-value="Sumner" | Labor | 1 May 1979 | 18 September 1979 | |||
| 45 | data-sort-value="Griffin" | 18 September 1979 | 10 November 1982 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Sumner" | Chris Sumner | Labor | 10 November 1982 | 14 December 1993 | |||
| data-sort-value="Griffin" | Trevor Griffin | Liberal | 14 December 1993 | 4 December 2001 | |||
| 46 | data-sort-value="Lawson" | Liberal | 4 December 2001 | 5 March 2002 | |||
| 47 | data-sort-value="Atkinson" | Labor | 5 March 2002 | 30 June 2003 | |||
| 48 | data-sort-value="Holloway" | Labor | 30 June 2003 | 29 August 2003 | |||
| data-sort-value="Atkinson" | Michael Atkinson | Labor | 29 August 2003 | 25 March 2010 | |||
| 49 | data-sort-value="Rau" | Labor | 25 March 2010 | 19 March 2018 | |||
| 50 | data-sort-value="Chapman" | Vickie Chapman ['''1st female'''] | Liberal | 19 March 2018 | 21 March 2022 | ||
| 51 | data-sort-value="Teague" | Labor | 24 March 2022 | incumbent |