The chief justice of Victoria is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Victoria. The chief justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head. They are responsible for arranging the business of the court and establishing its rules and procedures.
The current chief justice is Anne Ferguson, who was appointed by Governor Linda Dessau to succeed Marilyn Warren. Ferguson's term began on 2 October 2017.
No. | Image | Chief Justice | Term began | Term ended | Time in of office | Governor appointed | Notes | ||||
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1 | align=center | 19 January 1852 | align=center | 20 February 1857 | align=right | Charles La Trobe | |||||
2 | 25 February 1857 | align=center | 24 September 1886 | align=right | |||||||
3 | align=center | 24 September 1886 | align=center | 31 December 1892 | align=right | ||||||
4 | 9 January 1893 | align=center | 10 March 1918 | align=right | |||||||
5 | 9 April 1918 | align=center | 30 September 1935 | align=right | |||||||
6 | 1 October 1935 | align=center | 31 January 1944 | align=right | |||||||
7 | 2 February 1944 | align=center | 1 September 1964 | align=right | |||||||
8 | 2 September 1964 | align=center | 31 May 1974 | align=right | |||||||
9 | 1 June 1974 | align=center | 16 December 1991 | align=right | |||||||
10 | 17 December 1991 | align=center | 17 October 2003 | align=right | |||||||
11 | 26 November 2003 | align=center | 1 October 2017 | align=right | |||||||
12 | align=center | 2 October 2017 | align=center | align=right | [1] |