Solicitor-General of Victoria (Australia)

The Solicitor-General of Victoria, Australia is the state's Second Law Officer, behind the Attorney-General. The holders of this office are appointed by Cabinet on the basis of their legal expertise. Solicitors-General are members of the Executive. Formerly, they were elected members of parliament, but have not been so since the early/mid twentieth century.

The functions of the Victorian Solicitor-General are two-fold. First, s/he acts as Victoria's senior legal adviser. Second, s/he represents the state in significant legal proceedings where Victoria is party, or where the Victorian Attorney-General intervenes either in Commonwealth matters under section 78A of the Judiciary Act 1903 or in matters concerning the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 under s 34 of that Act.

In 2003, Victoria appointed its first female Solicitor-General, Pamela Tate, following an unprecedented public advertising of the position.[1]

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Name Appointed Concluded
Redmond Barry [2] July 1851 Apr. 1852
Edward Williams [3] Apr. 1852 July 1852
James Croke [4] July 1852 Nov. 1855
Robert Molesworth [5] Jan. 1854[a] June 1856
Thomas Howard Fellows [6] June 1856 Feb. 1857
Robert Sitwell [7] Feb. 1857 Mar. 1857
John Dennistoun Wood [8] Mar. 1857 Apr. 1857
Thomas Howard Fellows [8] Apr. 1857 Mar. 1858
Richard Davies Ireland [9] Mar. 1858 Oct. 1859
Travers Adamson [10] Oct. 1859 Mar. 1860
James Martley [11] Mar. 1859 Nov. 1860
vacant[8] Nov. 1860 Aug. 1869
James Casey [12] Sep. 1869 Sep. 1869
Butler Cole Aspinall [13] Jan. 1870 Apr. 1870
Henry John Wrixon [14] Apr. 1870 June 1871
Howard Spensley [15] June 1871 June 1872
George Kerferd [16] June 1872 July 1874
Townsend McDermott July 1874 Aug. 1875
vacant[8] Sep. 1875 June 1881
Frank Dobson [17] July 1881 Mar. 1883
Alfred Deakin [18][8] Nov. 1883 Apr. 1884
vacant[8] May 1884 Aug. 1890
Alfred Deakin [8] Sep. 1890 Nov. 1890
vacant[8] Dec. 1890 Jan. 1892
George Turner [19] Feb. 1892 Jan. 1893
Isaac Isaacs [20] Jan. 1893 May 1893
Agar Wynne [21] June 1893 Sep. 1894
Henry Cuthbert[22] Sep. 1894 Dec. 1899
John Mark Davies [23][8] Sep. 1899 Nov. 1900
Agar Wynne [24][8] Nov. 1900 1902
John Mark Davies [25][26] June 1902 Feb. 1903
William Irvine [27][8] Feb. 1903 Sep. 1903
vacant[8] Oct. 1903 Jan. 1904
John Mark Davies [28][8] Feb. 1904 Jan. 1909
James Drysdale Brown [26][29] Jan. 1909 Dec. 1913
John George Bice 1920 1923
Bill Slater [30] 1924 1924
Bill Slater [30] 1927 1928
Bill Slater [30] 1929 1932
Albert Bussau [31] 1935
Henry Winneke[32] 1951 1 September 1964
Basil Murray[33] 1964 4 September 1974
Daryl Dawson[34] 5 September 1974 15 August 1982
Douglas Graham[35] 1992 2002
Pamela Tate[1] 8 July 2003 September 2010
Stephen McLeish [36] April 2011 Present
a (acting from Jan. 1854 to Nov. 1855)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Media Release: Pamela Tate Victoria’s First Female Solicitor-General". Legislation.vic.gov.au. 2003-07-08. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  2. ↑ "Barry, Sir Redmond". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Williams, Sir Edward Eyre". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Croke, James". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Molesworth, Sir Robert". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Fellows, Thomas Howard". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Sitwell, Robert Sacheverell Wilmot". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 "Statistical Register of the State of Victoria". 1908.
  9. ↑ "Ireland, Richard Davies". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Adamson, Travers". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Martley, James Frederick". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Casey, James Joseph". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "Aspinall, Butler Cole". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Wrixon, Sir Henry John". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Spensley, Howard". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Kerferd, George Briscoe". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "Dobson, Frank Stanley (1835 - 1895) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  18. ↑ "Before office — Alfred Deakin — Australia's PMs — Australia's Prime Ministers". Primeministers.naa.gov.au. 1902-03-18. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  19. ↑ "Turner, Sir George (1851 - 1916) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  20. ↑ "Isaacs, Sir Isaac Alfred". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  21. ↑ "Wynne, Agar (1850 - 1934) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  22. ↑ "Cuthbert, Sir Henry". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  23. ↑ "Davies, Sir John Mark (1840 - 1919) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  24. ↑ "Wynne, Agar (1850 - 1934) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  25. ↑ "Davies, Sir John Mark (1840 - 1919) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Statistical Register of the State of Victoria". 1912.
  27. ↑ "Irvine, Sir William Hill (1858 - 1943) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  28. ↑ "Davies, Sir John Mark (1840 - 1919) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  29. ↑ "Brown, James Drysdale". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 "Slater, William (Bill) (1890? - 1960) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  31. ↑ "Bussau, Sir Albert Louis (Lou) (1884 - 1947) Biographical Entry — Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  32. ↑ "The Victorian Bar — Oral History". Vicbar.com.au. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  33. ↑ "Appointment". Victorian Government Gazette. 4 September 1974. p. 1974:3311.
  34. ↑ "Appointments – Law Department". Victorian Government Gazette. 11 September 1974. p. 1974:3369.
  35. ↑ "VBN winter 2008.6d.indd" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  36. ↑ http://www.vicbar.com.au/getfile.ashx?file=HomePageBoxMiddleFiles/New%20Solicitor-General%20for%20Victoria.pdf