Attorney-General of Queensland explained

Post:Attorney-General
Body:Queensland
Flag:Flag of Queensland.svg
Flagsize:120px
Flagcaption:Flag of Queensland
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Queensland.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Coat of Arms of Queensland
Incumbent:Yvette D'Ath
Incumbentsince:18 May 2023
Department:Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Style:The Honourable
Reports To:Premier of Queensland
Seat:1 William Street, Brisbane
Nominator:Premier of Queensland
Appointer:Governor of Queensland
Appointer Qualified:on the advice of the premier
Termlength:At the Governor's pleasure
Formation:12 December 1859
First:Ratcliffe Pring

The attorney-general of Queensland is a ministerial position of the Government of Queensland with responsibility for the state's legal and justice system.

, the Attorney-General of Queensland is Yvette D'Ath.

List of attorneys-general of Queensland

The following served as Attorney-General of Queensland:[1]

Attorney-GeneralPartyStart of termEnd of term
12 December 1859 30 August 1865
31 August 1865 11 September 1865
11 September 1865 20 July 1866
21 July 1866 7 August 1866
7 August 1866 15 August 1867
15 August 1867 25 November 1868
25 November 1868 12 November 1869
12 November 1869 3 May 1870
3 May 1870 2 January 1874
2 January 1874 8 January 1874
8 January 1874 3 August 1874
3 August 1874 7 December 1878
7 December 1878 21 January 1879
21 January 1879 16 May 1879
16 May 1879 4 June 1880
4 June 1880 25 December 1880
31 December 1880 5 January 1883
6 January 1883 13 November 1883
13 November 1883 13 June 1888
13 June 1888 12 August 1890
12 August 1890 13 March 1893
3 March 1893 27 September 1898
1 October 1898 28 March 1899
28 March 1899 1 December 1899
Labor 1 December 1899 7 December 1899
7 December 1899 17 September 1903
17 September 1903 19 November 1907
19 November 1907 18 February 1908
18 February 1908 29 October 1908
29 October 1908 1 June 1915
Labor 1 June 1915 22 October 1919
Labor 22 October 1919 12 November 1920
Labor 12 November 1920 21 May 1929
CPNP 21 May 1929 17 June 1932
Labor 17 June 1932 14 November 1940
Labor 14 November 1940 8 December 1941
Labor 8 December 1941 14 May 1949
Labor, Queensland Labor 9 June 1949 10 May 1950
Labor 10 May 1950 10 March 1952
Labor, Queensland Labor 10 March 1952 12 August 1957
Alan Whiteside MunroLiberal 12 August 1957 26 September 1963
Liberal 26 September 1963 19 December 1971
Liberal 20 December 1971 13 August 1976
Liberal 13 August 1976 23 December 1980
Liberal 23 December 1980 18 August 1983
National 19 August 1983 1 December 1986
National 1 December 1986 1 December 1987
Country/National 1 December 1987 9 December 1987
National 9 December 1987 28 August 1989
National 31 August 1989 25 September 1989
National 25 September 1989 7 December 1989
Labor 7 December 1989 31 July 1995
Labor 31 July 1995 19 February 1996
Liberal 19 February 1996 26 February 1996
Liberal 28 February 1996 29 June 1998
Labor 29 July 1998 22 February 2001
Labor 22 February 2001 28 July 2005
Labor 28 July 2005 18 October 2006
Labor 1 November 2006 26 March 2009
Labor 26 March 2009 21 February 2011
Labor 21 February 2011 24 March 2012
Liberal National 3 April 2012 14 February 2015
Labor 16 February 2015 12 November 2020
Labor 13 November 2020 18 May 2023
Yvette D'AthLabor18 May 2023Incumbent

Notes and References

  1. 27 April 2020.