Attorney-General of Queensland

(Redirected from Queensland Attorney-General) Chief law officer for the state of Queensland, Australia

Attorney-General of Queensland
Coat of Arms of Queensland
Flag of Queensland
Incumbent Deb Frecklington since 1 November 2024
Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament Cabinet Executive Council
Reports to	Premier of Queensland
Seat	1 William Street, Brisbane
Nominator	Premier of Queensland
Appointer	Governor of Queensland on the advice of the premier
Term length	At the Governor's pleasure
Formation	12 December 1859
First holder	Ratcliffe Pring
Website	www.justice.qld.gov.au

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

As of 1 November 2024, the Attorney-General of Queensland is Deb Frecklington.

List of attorneys-general of Queensland

The following served as Attorney-General of Queensland:

Attorney-General	Party	Start of term	End of term
Ratcliffe Pring		12 December 1859	30 August 1865
John Bramston		31 August 1865	11 September 1865
Charles Lilley		11 September 1865	20 July 1866
Ratcliffe Pring		21 July 1866	7 August 1866
Charles Lilley		7 August 1866	15 August 1867
Ratcliffe Pring		15 August 1867	25 November 1868
Charles Lilley		25 November 1868	12 November 1869
Ratcliffe Pring		12 November 1869	3 May 1870
John Bramston		3 May 1870	2 January 1874
Ratcliffe Pring		2 January 1874	8 January 1874
Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt		8 January 1874	3 August 1874
Samuel Griffith		3 August 1874	7 December 1878
James Francis Garrick		7 December 1878	21 January 1879
John Malbon Thompson		21 January 1879	16 May 1879
Ratcliffe Pring		16 May 1879	4 June 1880
Henry Beor		4 June 1880	25 December 1880
Pope Alexander Cooper		31 December 1880	5 January 1883
Charles E. Chubb		6 January 1883	13 November 1883
Arthur Rutledge		13 November 1883	13 June 1888
Andrew Joseph Thynne		13 June 1888	12 August 1890
Samuel Griffith		12 August 1890	13 March 1893
Thomas Joseph Byrnes		3 March 1893	27 September 1898
Walter Horatio Wilson		1 October 1898	28 March 1899
Arthur Rutledge		28 March 1899	1 December 1899
Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald	Labor	1 December 1899	7 December 1899
Arthur Rutledge		7 December 1899	17 September 1903
James William Blair		17 September 1903	19 November 1907
Francis Isidore Power		19 November 1907	18 February 1908
James William Blair		18 February 1908	29 October 1908
Thomas O'Sullivan		29 October 1908	1 June 1915
Thomas Joseph Ryan	Labor	1 June 1915	22 October 1919
John Arthur Fihelly	Labor	22 October 1919	12 November 1920
John Mullan	Labor	12 November 1920	21 May 1929
Neil Francis McGroarty	CPNP	21 May 1929	17 June 1932
John Mullan	Labor	17 June 1932	14 November 1940
John O'Keefe	Labor	14 November 1940	8 December 1941
David Alexander Gledson	Labor	8 December 1941	14 May 1949
George Henry Devries	Labor, Queensland Labor	9 June 1949	10 May 1950
James Larcombe	Labor	10 May 1950	10 March 1952
William Joseph Power	Labor, Queensland Labor	10 March 1952	12 August 1957
Alan Whiteside Munro	Liberal	12 August 1957	26 September 1963
Peter Roylance Delamothe	Liberal	26 September 1963	19 December 1971
William Edward Knox	Liberal	20 December 1971	13 August 1976
William Daniel Lickiss	Liberal	13 August 1976	23 December 1980
Samuel Sydney Doumany	Liberal	23 December 1980	18 August 1983
Neville John Harper	National	19 August 1983	1 December 1986
Paul Clauson	National	1 December 1986	1 December 1987
Michael John Ahern	Country/National	1 December 1987	9 December 1987
Paul Clauson	National	9 December 1987	28 August 1989
Ivan James Gibbs	National	31 August 1989	25 September 1989
Paul Clauson	National	25 September 1989	7 December 1989
Dean Wells	Labor	7 December 1989	31 July 1995
Matt Foley	Labor	31 July 1995	19 February 1996
Joan Mary Sheldon	Liberal	19 February 1996	26 February 1996
Denver Beanland	Liberal	28 February 1996	29 June 1998
Matt Foley	Labor	29 July 1998	22 February 2001
Rod Welford	Labor	22 February 2001	28 July 2005
Linda Lavarch	Labor	28 July 2005	18 October 2006
Kerry Shine	Labor	1 November 2006	26 March 2009
Cameron Dick	Labor	26 March 2009	21 February 2011
Paul Lucas	Labor	21 February 2011	24 March 2012
Jarrod Bleijie	Liberal National	3 April 2012	14 February 2015
Yvette D'Ath	Labor	16 February 2015	12 November 2020
Shannon Fentiman	Labor	13 November 2020	18 May 2023
Yvette D'Ath	Labor	18 May 2023	28 October 2024

References

"Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Current Australian Attorneys-General - Federal, states and internal territories

Federal	States						Internal Territories
Australia	New South Wales	Queensland	South Australia	Tasmania	Victoria	Western Australia	Australian Capital Territory	Northern Territory
Mark Dreyfus (ALP)	Michael Daley (ALP)	vacant (N/A)	Kyam Maher (ALP)	Guy Barnett (Lib)	Jaclyn Symes (ALP)	John Quigley (ALP)	Shane Rattenbury (Greens)	Marie-Clare Boothby (CLP)

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Legislature	Parliament Legislative Assembly Electoral districts Members of Parliament Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Leader of the House Opposition Leader Deputy Opposition Leader Shadow Cabinet Manager of Opposition Business
Judiciary	Supreme Court Court of Appeal Court of Disputed Returns District Court Children's Court of Queensland Magistrates Court Coroners Court of Queensland Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Other courts and tribunals

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