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This is a Sortable list of Attorneys-General for Australia

Appt	Minister		Party	Prime Minister	Term started	Term ended	Length of term	days
1	Alfred Deakin KC		Protectionist	Barton	1 Jan 1901	24 Sep 1903	2 years, 266 days	996
2	Senator James Drake		Protectionist	Deakin	24 Sep 1903	27 Apr 1904	216 days	216
3	H. B. Higgins QC		Labor1	Watson	27 Apr 1904	17 Aug 1904	112 days	112
4	Senator Josiah Symon QC		Free Trade	Reid	17 Aug 1904	5 Jul 1905	322 days	322
5	Isaac Isaacs QC		Protectionist	Deakin	5 Jul 1905	12 Oct 1906	1 year, 99 days	464
6	Littleton Groom KC		Protectionist	Deakin	12 Oct 1906	13 Nov 1908	2 years, 32 days	763
7	Billy Hughes2		Labor	Fisher	13 Nov 1908	2 Jun 1909	201 days	201
8	Paddy Glynn KC		Free Trade	Deakin	2 Jun 1909	29 Apr 1910	331 days	331
n/a	Billy Hughes KC		Labor	Fisher	29 Apr 1910	24 Jun 1913	3 years, 56 days	1152
9	William Irvine KC		Commonwealth Liberal	Cook	24 Jun 1913	17 Sep 1914	1 year, 85 days	450
n/a	Billy Hughes KC		Labor	Fisher	17 Sep 1914	27 Oct 1915	1 year, 40 days	405
n/a	Billy Hughes KC		Labor	Hughes	27 Oct 1915	14 Nov 1916	1 year, 18 days	384
n/a	Billy Hughes KC		National Labor	Hughes	14 Nov 1916	13 Jun 1917	211 days	211
n/a	Billy Hughes KC		Nationalist	Hughes	13 Jun 1917	21 Dec 1921	4 years, 191 days	1652
n/a	Littleton Groom KC		Nationalist	Hughes	21 Dec 1921	9 Feb 1923	1 year, 50 days	415
n/a	Littleton Groom KC		Nationalist	Bruce	9 Feb 1923	18 Dec 1925	2 years, 312 days	1043
10	John Latham KC		Nationalist	Bruce	18 Dec 1925	22 Oct 1929	3 years, 308 days	1404
11	Frank Brennan		Labor	Scullin	22 Oct 1929	6 Jan 1932	2 years, 76 days	806
n/a	John Latham KC		United Australia	Lyons	6 Jan 1932	12 Oct 1934	2 years, 279 days	1010
12	Robert Menzies KC		United Australia	Lyons	12 Oct 1934	20 Mar 1939	4 years, 159 days	1620
n/a	Billy Hughes KC		United Australia	Lyons	20 Mar 1939	7 Apr 1939	18 days	18
n/a	Billy Hughes KC		United Australia	Page	7 Apr 1939	26 Apr 1939	19 days	19
n/a	Billy Hughes KC		United Australia	Menzies	26 Apr 1939	29 Aug 1941	2 years, 125 days	856
n/a	Billy Hughes KC		United Australia	Fadden	29 Aug 1941	7 Oct 1941	39 days	39
13	Dr. H. V. Evatt KC		Labor	Curtin	7 Oct 1941	6 Jul 1945	3 years, 272 days	1368
13	Dr. H. V. Evatt KC		Labor	Forde	6 Jul 1945	13 Jul 1945	7 days	7
13	Dr. H. V. Evatt KC		Labor	Chifley	13 Jul 1945	19 Dec 1949	4 years, 159 days	1620
14	Senator John Spicer KC		Liberal	Menzies	19 Dec 1949	15 Aug 1956	6 years, 239 days	2430
15	Senator Neil O'Sullivan		Liberal	Menzies	15 Aug 1956	12 Oct 1958	2 years, 58 days	788
16	Sir Garfield Barwick QC		Liberal	Menzies	12 Oct 1958	4 Mar 1964	5 years, 144 days	1970
17	Billy Snedden QC		Liberal	Menzies	4 Mar 1964	26 Jan 1966	1 year, 328 days	693
17	Billy Snedden QC		Liberal	Holt	26 Jan 1966	14 Dec 1966	322 days	322
18	Nigel Bowen		Liberal	Holt	14 Dec 1966	19 Dec 1967	1 year, 5 days	370
18	Nigel Bowen		Liberal	McEwan	19 Dec 1967	10 Jan 1968	22 days	22
18	Nigel Bowen		Liberal	Gorton	10 Jan 1968	12 Nov 1969	1 year, 306 days	672
19	Tom Hughes QC		Liberal	Gorton	12 Nov 1969	10 Mar 1971	1 year, 118 days	483
19	Tom Hughes QC		Liberal	McMahon	10 Mar 1971	22 Mar 1971	12 days	12
n/a	Nigel Bowen		Liberal	McMahon	22 Mar 1971	2 Aug 1971	133 days	133
20	Senator Ivor Greenwood QC		Liberal	McMahon	2 Aug 1971	5 Dec 1972	1 year, 125 days	491
21	Gough Whitlam QC3		Labor	Whitlam	5 Dec 1972	19 Dec 1972	14 days	14
22	Senator Lionel Murphy QC		Labor	Whitlam	19 Dec 1972	10 Feb 1975	2 years, 53 days	783
23	Kep Enderby QC		Labor	Whitlam	10 Feb 1975	11 Nov 1975	274 days	274
n/a	Senator Ivor Greenwood QC		Liberal	Fraser	11 Nov 1975	22 Dec 1975	41 days	41
24	Bob Ellicott QC		Liberal	Fraser	22 Dec 1975	6 Sep 1977	1 year, 258 days	624
25	Senator Peter Durack QC		Liberal	Fraser	6 Sep 1977	11 Mar 1983	5 years, 186 days	2012
26	Senator Gareth Evans QC		Labor	Hawke	11 Mar 1983	13 Dec 1984	1 year, 277 days	643
27	Lionel Bowen		Labor	Hawke	13 Dec 1984	4 Apr 1990	5 years, 112 days	1938
28	Michael Duffy		Labor	Hawke	4 Apr 1990	27 Dec 1991	1 year, 267 days	632
28	Michael Duffy		Labor	Keating	27 Dec 1991	24 Mar 1993	1 year, 87 days	453
	vacant		Labor	Keating	24 Mar 1993	1 Apr 1993	8 days	8
29	Duncan Kerr4		Labor	Keating	1 Apr 1993	27 Apr 1993	26 days	26
30	Michael Lavarch		Labor	Keating	27 Apr 1993	11 Mar 1996	2 years, 319 days	1049
31	Daryl Williams QC		Liberal	Howard	11 Mar 1996	7 Oct 2003	7 years, 210 days	2766
32	Philip Ruddock		Liberal	Howard	7 Oct 2003	3 Dec 2007	4 years, 57 days	1518
33	Robert McClelland		Labor	Rudd	3 Dec 2007	24 Jun 2010	2 years, 203 days	934
33	Robert McClelland		Labor	Gillard	24 Jun 2010	14 Dec 2011	1 year, 173 days	538
34	Nicola Roxon		Labor	Gillard	14 Dec 2011	2 Feb 2013	1 year, 50 days	416
35	Mark Dreyfus QC		Labor	Gillard	2 Feb 2013	26 June 2013	144 days	144
35	Mark Dreyfus QC		Labor	Rudd	26 June 2013	18 Sep 2013	84 days	84
36	Senator George Brandis QC		Liberal	Abbott	18 Sep 2013	incumbent	4652 days

Notes

¹ A member of the Protectionist Party, Higgins served in the Labor ministry of Chris Watson, because Labor had no suitably qualified lawyer in Parliament.

² Hughes took silk in 1909, and became a King's Counsel.

³ Whitlam served as part of a two-man ministry together with Lance Barnard for fourteen days, until the full ministry was commissioned.

⁴ Prime Minister Paul Keating's original choice for Attorney-General in 1993 had been Michael Lavarch, but Lavarch's re-election was delayed by the death of an opposing candidate for the seat of Dickson; Duncan Kerr held the portfolio in the interim until Lavarch won the resulting supplementary election. Kerr served as Attorney-General for 26 days. There was no Attorney-General for the eight days between Duffy's commission ending on 24 March 1993 and Kerr's commission commencing on 1 April 1993.

References

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