西澳州律政司 [ 1] (英語:Attorney-General of Western Australia )是西澳州政府 的一位律政專員 ,負責維護及改善西澳州 的法律 及司法體系 。在1870年代議制政府 出現之前,其職銜為西澳州法律事務專員 (Advocate-General of Western Australia)。律政司須為具備法律專業資格的法律執業者。當州內閣中缺少律政司時,有時會委任一名非法律專業人士擔任西澳州司法廳長 (Minister for Justice)的職務。司法廳長不使用「律政司」(Attorney-General)職銜。[ 2]
自2017年3月17日起,現任西澳州律政司是John Quigley,他通過該州司法廳(Department of Justice)及一系列其他機構履行職責。
Quigley的前任之一基斯頓·波特 (Christian Porter)後來成為聯邦律政部長 。[ 3] [ 4]
律政司列表
這是西澳州律政司或任何先前職銜的列表。[ 5] 律政司職位並不總是有人擔任:澳洲國會圖書館(Australian Parliamentary Library)指出,如果當選的司法廳領導人並非律師,他就會使用「司法廳長」職銜,而非「律政司」。[ 6] [ 7]
序數
州府
政黨
州長
職銜
上任
卸任
時長
1
William Mackie
none
Advocate-General
1831
1834
2—3 years
2
George Fletcher Moore
1834
1846
11—12 years
3
Richard West Nash
Acting Advocate-General
1846
1847
0—1 years
(2 )
George Fletcher Moore
Advocate-General
1847
1852
4—5 years
4
B. W. Vigors
Acting Advocate-General
1852
1854
1—2 years
5
George Frederick Stone
Advocate-General
1854
1857
2—3 years
6
Richard Burnie
1857
1859
1—2 years
(5 )
George Frederick Stone
1860
1870
9—10 years
7
Robert John Walcott[ 8] [ 9]
Attorney-General
4 November 1870
December 1872
2岁27天
8
Sir Henry Hicks Hocking[ 10]
December 1872
1874年6月30日 (1874-06-30 )
1岁211天
9
Sir George Walpole Leake QC
30 June 1874
16 January 1875
200天
(8 )
Henry Hicks Hocking
16 January 1875
25 February 1879
4岁40天
9
Sir George Walpole Leake QC
1 March 1879
24 November 1879
268天
10
Edward Albert Stone
24 November 1879
21 March 1880
118天
(9 )
Sir George Walpole Leake QC
21 March 1880
21 March 1881
1岁0天
11
Alexander Onslow
21 March 1881
9 April 1883
2岁19天
(9 )
Sir George Walpole Leake QC
9 April 1883
10 July 1883
92天
12
Alfred Hensman
10 July 1883
18 June 1886
2岁343天
13
Septimus Burt
19 June 1886
3 December 1886
167天
14
Charles Warton
9 December 1886
December 1890
4岁20天
(13 )
Septimus Burt
none
Forrest
29 December 1890
27 October 1897
6岁302天
15
Richard Pennefather
27 October 1897
20 March 1901
3岁144天
16
William Sayer
Throssell
25 March 1901
27 May 1901
68天
17
George Leake KC
Leake
27 May 1901
21 November 1901
178天
18
Frederick Moorhead
Morgans
21 November 1901
23 December 1901
32天
(17 )
George Leake KC
Leake
23 December 1901
24 June 1902
183天
19
Walter James
James
1 July 1902
10 August 1904
2岁40天
20
Norbert Keenan
Ministerialist
Moore
Attorney-General
14 May 1906
14 May 1909
3岁0天
21
John Nanson
Ministerialist
Wilson
Attorney-General
16 September 1910
7 October 1911
1岁21天
22
Thomas Walker
Labor
Scadden
7 October 1911
27 July 1916
4岁294天
23
Robert Robinson
Liberal
Wilson
27 July 1916
1917年6月28日 (1917-06-28 )
2岁294天
Nationalist
Lefroy
1917年6月28日 (1917-06-28 )
1919年4月17日 (1919-04-17 )
Colebatch
1919年4月17日 (1919-04-17 )
1919年5月17日 (1919-05-17 )
24
Thomas Draper
Mitchell
17 May 1919
12 March 1921
1岁299天
25
Thomas Davy
Nationalist
Mitchell
Attorney-General
24 April 1930
18 February 1933
2岁300天
26
Hubert Parker
Labor
Collier
22 February 1933
8 April 1933
45天
27
Robert Ross McDonald
Liberal
McLarty
Attorney-General
1 April 1947
5 January 1948
279天
28
Arthur Abbott
5 January 1948
23 February 1953
5岁49天
29
Arthur Watts
Liberal
Brand
Attorney-General
2 April 1959
31 January 1962
2岁304天
30
Ron Bertram
Labor
Tonkin
Attorney-General
3 March 1971
30 September 1971
211天
31
Tom Evans
12 October 1971
8 April 1974
2岁178天
32
Ian Medcalf
Liberal
Court
Attorney-General
22 December 1975
25 January 1982
7岁65天
O'Connor
25 January 1982
25 February 1983
33
Joe Berinson
Labor
Burke
25 February 1983
1988年2月25日 (1988-02-25 )
9岁357天
Dowding
1988年2月25日 (1988-02-25 )
1990年2月12日 (1990-02-12 )
Lawrence
1990年2月12日 (1990-02-12 )
1993年2月16日 (1993-02-16 )
3岁4天
34
Cheryl Edwardes
Liberal
Court
16 February 1993
21 December 1995
2岁308天
35
Peter Foss
21 December 1995
16 February 2001
5岁57天
36
Jim McGinty
Labor
Gallop
16 February 2001
2006年1月25日 (2006-01-25 )
7岁220天
Carpenter
2006年1月25日 (2006-01-25 )
2008年9月23日 (2008-09-23 )
37
Christian Porter
Liberal
Barnett
23 September 2008
12 June 2012
3岁279天
38
Michael Mischin
28 June 2012
17 March 2017
4岁262天
39
John Quigley
Labor
McGowan
2017年3月17日 (2017-03-17 )
incumbent
8岁133天
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