Attorney-General of South Australia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Attorney-General of South Australia is the member of the Government of South Australia

Government of South Australia

The form of the Government of South Australia is prescribed in its constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...

responsible for maintenance and improvement of South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

's system of law

Law

Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

and justice

Justice

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. The Attorney-General must be a qualified legal practitioner, although this was not always the case.

List of Attorneys-General of South Australia

Attorney-General	Party	Start of term	End of term
Richard Hanson Richard Hanson (Australian politician) Sir Richard Davies Hanson , was the fourth Premier of South Australia, from 30 September 1857 until 8 May 1860, and was a Chief Judge from 20 November 1861 until 4 March 1876 on the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South...		24 October 1856	21 August 1857
Edward Castres Gwynne Edward Castres Gwynne Edward Castres Gwynne was an English-born Australian lawyer, Supreme Court of South Australia judge and politician.-Early life:...		21 August 1857	01 September 1857
Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews was an Australian politician and judge.Richard Bullock Andrews was born in Epping, Essex, England the eldest child of Richard Bullock Andrews, an attorney, and his wife Emma Ann. From December 1839 Bullock worked in his father's solicitors business...		01 September 1857	30 September 1857
Richard Hanson Richard Hanson (Australian politician) Sir Richard Davies Hanson , was the fourth Premier of South Australia, from 30 September 1857 until 8 May 1860, and was a Chief Judge from 20 November 1861 until 4 March 1876 on the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South...		30 September 1857	09 May 1860
Henry Strangways Henry Strangways Henry Bull Templar Strangways was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia.Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England. He visited South Australia as a boy. Returning to England he entered at the Middle Temple in November 1851 and was called...		09 May 1860	20 May 1861
Randolph Isham Stow Randolph Isham Stow Randolph Isham Stow was an English-born Australian Supreme Court judge.Stow was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Quinton Stow and his wife Elizabeth, née Eppes...		20 May 1861	08 October 1861
Henry Gawler		08 October 1861	17 October 1861
Randolph Isham Stow Randolph Isham Stow Randolph Isham Stow was an English-born Australian Supreme Court judge.Stow was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Quinton Stow and his wife Elizabeth, née Eppes...		17 October 1861	04 July 1863
Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews was an Australian politician and judge.Richard Bullock Andrews was born in Epping, Essex, England the eldest child of Richard Bullock Andrews, an attorney, and his wife Emma Ann. From December 1839 Bullock worked in his father's solicitors business...		04 July 1863	22 July 1864
Randolph Isham Stow Randolph Isham Stow Randolph Isham Stow was an English-born Australian Supreme Court judge.Stow was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Quinton Stow and his wife Elizabeth, née Eppes...		22 July 1864	22 March 1865
Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews was an Australian politician and judge.Richard Bullock Andrews was born in Epping, Essex, England the eldest child of Richard Bullock Andrews, an attorney, and his wife Emma Ann. From December 1839 Bullock worked in his father's solicitors business...		22 March 1865	23 October 1865
James Boucaut James Boucaut Sir James Penn Boucaut KCMG was an Australian judge and politician, Premier of South Australia three times: 1866–1867, 1875–1876 and 1877–1878.-Early life:...		23 October 1865	03 May 1867
Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews was an Australian politician and judge.Richard Bullock Andrews was born in Epping, Essex, England the eldest child of Richard Bullock Andrews, an attorney, and his wife Emma Ann. From December 1839 Bullock worked in his father's solicitors business...		03 May 1867	24 September 1868
John Tuthill Bagot		24 September 1868	13 October 1868
Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews Richard Bullock Andrews was an Australian politician and judge.Richard Bullock Andrews was born in Epping, Essex, England the eldest child of Richard Bullock Andrews, an attorney, and his wife Emma Ann. From December 1839 Bullock worked in his father's solicitors business...		13 October 1868	03 Nov 1868
Henry Strangways Henry Strangways Henry Bull Templar Strangways was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia.Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England. He visited South Australia as a boy. Returning to England he entered at the Middle Temple in November 1851 and was called...		03 Nov 1868	30 May 1870
Richard Baker Richard Baker (Australian politician) Sir Richard Chaffey Baker KCMG was an Australian politician. A barrister by trade, he embarked on a successful career in South Australian colonial politics, serving as state attorney-general and President of the Legislative Council before switching to federal politics after federation...		30 May 1870	21 July 1871
Charles Mann		21 July 1871	22 January 1872
James Boucaut James Boucaut Sir James Penn Boucaut KCMG was an Australian judge and politician, Premier of South Australia three times: 1866–1867, 1875–1876 and 1877–1878.-Early life:...		22 January 1872	04 March 1872
George Stevenson		04 March 1872	22 July 1873
Charles Mann		22 July 1873	03 June 1875
Samuel Way Samuel Way Sir Samuel James Way, 1st Baronet , English-Australian jurist, was a Chief Justice from 18 March 1876 until 8 January 1916 of the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South Australia.Way was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1836...		03 June 1875	18 March 1876
Charles Mann		25 March 1876	06 June 1876
John Cox Bray John Cox Bray Sir John Cox Bray KCMG JP was a prominent South Australian politician and the first native-born Premier of South Australia .-Early life:...		06 June 1876	26 October 1877
Charles Mann		26 October 1877	27 September 1878
William Bundey William Bundey William Bundey was Mayor of Adelaide, South Australia from 1883 to 1886 and a long serving member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly.Bundey was born in Beaulieu, Hampshire...		27 September 1878	10 March 1881
Josiah Symon Josiah Symon Hon Sir Josiah Henry Symon KCMG , Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, was a member of the Australian Senate in the First Australian Parliament, and an Attorney-General of Australia.-Biography:...		10 March 1881	24 June 1881
John Downer John Downer Sir John William Downer, KCMG was the Premier of South Australia from 16 June 1885 until 11 June 1887 and again from 1892 to 1893. He was the first of three Australian politicians from the Downer family dynasty.-Early life:...		24 June 1881	16 June 1884
Charles Kingston Charles Kingston Charles Cameron Kingston, Australian politician, was an early liberal Premier of South Australia serving from 1893 to 1899 with the support of Labor led by John McPherson from 1893 and Lee Batchelor from 1897 in the House of Assembly, winning the 1893, 1896, and 1899 state elections against the...		16 June 1884	16 June 1885
John Downer John Downer Sir John William Downer, KCMG was the Premier of South Australia from 16 June 1885 until 11 June 1887 and again from 1892 to 1893. He was the first of three Australian politicians from the Downer family dynasty.-Early life:...		16 June 1885	11 June 1887
Charles Kingston Charles Kingston Charles Cameron Kingston, Australian politician, was an early liberal Premier of South Australia serving from 1893 to 1899 with the support of Labor led by John McPherson from 1893 and Lee Batchelor from 1897 in the House of Assembly, winning the 1893, 1896, and 1899 state elections against the...		11 June 1887	27 June 1889
Beaumont Moulden		27 June 1889	19 March 1890
Frederick Taylor		31 March 1890	02 May 1890
Henry Downer		02 May 1890	19 August 1890
Robert Homburg		19 August 1890	21 June 1892
William Stock		21 June 1892	15 October 1892
Robert Homburg		15 October 1892	16 June 1893
Charles Kingston Charles Kingston Charles Cameron Kingston, Australian politician, was an early liberal Premier of South Australia serving from 1893 to 1899 with the support of Labor led by John McPherson from 1893 and Lee Batchelor from 1897 in the House of Assembly, winning the 1893, 1896, and 1899 state elections against the...		16 June 1893	01 December 1899
Patrick Glynn Patrick Glynn Patrick McMahon Glynn KC was an Attorney General of Australia and Minister for External Affairs.-Early life:...		01 December 1899	08 December 1899
John Hannah Gordon John Hannah Gordon Sir John Hannah Gordon was a Scottish-Australian judge and politician.Gordon was born at Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the eldest son of the Rev. James Gordon, preacher of the Free Church, and his wife Margaret, née Leonard. The family migrated to South Australia in 1859 where Rev...		08 December 1899	02 December 1899
Louis Von Doussa		2 December 1903	4 July 1904
Robert Homburg		4 July 1904	24 February 1905
Archibald Peake Archibald Peake Archibald Henry Peake was an Australian politician and the 25th Premier of South Australia, serving on three separate occasions in the 1910s.-Early life and career:...	LDU Liberal and Democratic Union The Liberal and Democratic Union was a political party formed by early South Australian liberals, as opposed to the conservatives. It was formed in 1906 when liberal party structures were becoming more solid. Its leader, Archibald Peake, stressed that the LDU represented 'something not so sharply...	26 July 1905	5 June 1909
Samuel Mitchell	LDU Liberal and Democratic Union The Liberal and Democratic Union was a political party formed by early South Australian liberals, as opposed to the conservatives. It was formed in 1906 when liberal party structures were becoming more solid. Its leader, Archibald Peake, stressed that the LDU represented 'something not so sharply...	5 June 1909	22 December 1909
Hermann Homburg Hermann Homburg Hermann Robert Homburg was a South Australian politician and lawyer.Homburg was born in Norwood and educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide. Following his admission to the bar in 1897, he practiced law at his father's legal firm, Hamburg & Melrose...	LDU Liberal and Democratic Union The Liberal and Democratic Union was a political party formed by early South Australian liberals, as opposed to the conservatives. It was formed in 1906 when liberal party structures were becoming more solid. Its leader, Archibald Peake, stressed that the LDU represented 'something not so sharply...	22 December 1909	3 June 1910
William Denny	United Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	3 June 1910	17 February 1912
Hermann Homburg Hermann Homburg Hermann Robert Homburg was a South Australian politician and lawyer.Homburg was born in Norwood and educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide. Following his admission to the bar in 1897, he practiced law at his father's legal firm, Hamburg & Melrose...	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Australia) The Liberal Union was a political party resulting from a merger between the Liberal and Democratic Union and the conservatives in South Australia. It lasted from 1910 to 1922 when it became the Liberal Federation....	17 February 1912	21 January 1915
Herbert Parsons	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Australia) The Liberal Union was a political party resulting from a merger between the Liberal and Democratic Union and the conservatives in South Australia. It lasted from 1910 to 1922 when it became the Liberal Federation....	21 January 1915	3 April 1915
John Vaughan John Vaughan (Australian politician) John Howard Vaughan CBE was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1912 to 1918. From 1915 to 1917 he served as Attorney-General of South Australia....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... /Nat. Lab. National Labor Party The National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I...	3 April 1915	14 July 1917
Henry Barwell Henry Barwell Sir Henry Newman Barwell KCMG was the 28th Premier of South Australia.Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Barwell was educated at St Peter's College and Adelaide University, graduating in law...	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Australia) The Liberal Union was a political party resulting from a merger between the Liberal and Democratic Union and the conservatives in South Australia. It lasted from 1910 to 1922 when it became the Liberal Federation....	14 July 1917	27 August 1917
Archibald Peake Archibald Peake Archibald Henry Peake was an Australian politician and the 25th Premier of South Australia, serving on three separate occasions in the 1910s.-Early life and career:...	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Australia) The Liberal Union was a political party resulting from a merger between the Liberal and Democratic Union and the conservatives in South Australia. It lasted from 1910 to 1922 when it became the Liberal Federation....	27 August 1917	29 April 1918
Henry Barwell Henry Barwell Sir Henry Newman Barwell KCMG was the 28th Premier of South Australia.Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Barwell was educated at St Peter's College and Adelaide University, graduating in law...	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Australia) The Liberal Union was a political party resulting from a merger between the Liberal and Democratic Union and the conservatives in South Australia. It lasted from 1910 to 1922 when it became the Liberal Federation....	29 April 1918	16 April 1924
William Denny	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	16 April 1924	8 April 1927
Hermann Homburg Hermann Homburg Hermann Robert Homburg was a South Australian politician and lawyer.Homburg was born in Norwood and educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide. Following his admission to the bar in 1897, he practiced law at his father's legal firm, Hamburg & Melrose...	Liberal Federation Liberal Federation The Liberal Federation was a liberal conservative South Australian political party from 1922 to 1932. It stemmed from the Liberal Union's Henry Barwell. Richard Layton Butler was also premier during the party's time. It was a predecessor to the Liberal and Country League....	8 April 1927	17 April 1930
William Denny	Labor	17 April 1930	18 April 1933
Shirley Jeffries	LCL Liberal and Country League The Liberal and Country League was a major political party in South Australia throughout its forty year existence. Thirty-four years were spent in government, in part due to the electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander, introduced after coming to power.Created on 9 June 1932 as the...	18 April 1933	6 May 1944
Charles Abbott	LCL	15 May 1944	17 April 1946
Reginald Rudall	LCL	17 April 1946	1 January 1955
Thomas Playford Thomas Playford IV Sir Thomas Playford, GCMG was a South Australian politician. He served continuously as Premier of South Australia from 5 November 1938 to 10 March 1965, the longest term of any elected government leader in the history of Australia. His tenure as premier was marked by a period of population and...	LCL	6 January 1955	6 April 1955
Colin Rowe	LCL	6 April 1955	10 March 1965
Don Dunstan Don Dunstan Donald Allan "Don" Dunstan, AC, QC was a South Australian politician. He entered politics as the Member for Norwood in 1953, became state Labor leader in 1967, and was Premier of South Australia between June 1967 and April 1968, and again between June 1970 and February 1979.The son of a business...	Labor	10 March 1965	16 April 1968
Robin Millhouse Robin Millhouse Robin Rhodes Millhouse QC has been, at various times, the South Australian Attorney-General, the first Australian Democrats parliamentarian, and the Chief Justice of both Kiribati and Nauru....	LCL	17 April 1968	1 June 1970
Len King Len King Leonard John King, , was an Australian Test cricket match umpire, from Victoria.He umpired 6 Test matches between 1989 and 1993...	Labor	2 June 1970	20 June 1975
Don Dunstan Don Dunstan Donald Allan "Don" Dunstan, AC, QC was a South Australian politician. He entered politics as the Member for Norwood in 1953, became state Labor leader in 1967, and was Premier of South Australia between June 1967 and April 1968, and again between June 1970 and February 1979.The son of a business...	Labor	20 June 1975	9 October 1975
Peter Duncan Peter Duncan (Australian politician) Peter Duncan was an Australian Labor Party politician and one of the relatively few members of parliament to have not only served in both a state and national parliament, but also served as a minister in both cases....	Labor	9 October 1975	15 March 1979
Don Banfield	Labor	15 March 1979	1 May 1979
Chris Sumner Chris Sumner Christopher John "Chris" Sumner AM is a former Australian politician.Sumner, who holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law and was a barrister and solicitor before entering politics, was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party in 1975...	Labor	1 May 1979	18 September 1979
Trevor Griffin	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	18 September 1979	10 November 1982
Chris Sumner Chris Sumner Christopher John "Chris" Sumner AM is a former Australian politician.Sumner, who holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law and was a barrister and solicitor before entering politics, was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party in 1975...	Labor	10 November 1982	14 December 1993
Trevor Griffin	Liberal	14 December 1993	4 December 2001
Robert Lawson	Liberal	4 December 2001	5 March 2002
Michael Atkinson Michael Atkinson Michael John Atkinson , an Australian politician, was the South Australian Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the Rann Labor Government. A day after the 2010 election, he stepped down as Attorney-General and resigned...	Labor	5 March 2002	30 June 2003
Paul Holloway Paul Holloway Paul Holloway is an Australian politician who represented the Australian Labor Party in the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Mitchell from 1989 to 1993, and in the South Australian Legislative Council from 1995 to 2011....	Labor	30 June 2003	29 August 2003
Michael Atkinson Michael Atkinson Michael John Atkinson , an Australian politician, was the South Australian Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the Rann Labor Government. A day after the 2010 election, he stepped down as Attorney-General and resigned...	Labor	29 August 2003	25 March 2010
John Rau John Rau John Robert Rau , Australian politician, is the current South Australian Deputy Premier and Attorney-General. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Assembly seat of Enfield since 2002.-Legal career:...	Labor	25 March 2010	Present

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