John McKechnie

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The Hon. Justice John Roderick McKechnie QC
Justice, Supreme Court of Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office  2 March 1999
Director of Public Prosecutions, Government of Western Australia
In office December 1991 – 1 March 1999
Born	1 June 1950

John Roderick McKechnie QC (1 November 1950-) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia, and previously served as the State's first Director of Public Prosecutions.

He attended Scotch College from 1963 until 1967, then graduated in law from the University of Western Australia in 1972. He then took articles with Jackson McDonald & Co, before joining the Crown Law Department. He became a Queens Counsel in 1989, and then in December 1991 was appointed by the Government of Western Australia as the state's first Director of Public Prosecutions. During his eight-year term in this role, the Department processed on average 2,500 prosecutions per year

On 2 March 1999,^[1] he was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

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[edit] Further reading

• Milner, Greg (February 2003). "Judges and Magistrates of Western Australia - John McKechnie". UWA Law Review 31 (1): 118–120. ISSN 0042-0328. 

[edit] See also

• Judiciary of Australia