The Attorney-General of Victoria, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for Victoria,See, e.g., Bullivant v Attorney-General for Victoria AC 196; Ryan v Attorney General for Victoria VR 514 is a minister in the Government of Victoria, Australia. The Attorney-General is a senior minister in the state government and the First Law Officer of the State.

The current Attorney-General of Victoria has, since December 2024, been Sonya Kilkenny of the Australian Labor Party. The Attorney-General is one of the ministers who administer parts of the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety, with responsibility for the state's courts and tribunals.

Bill Slater served as Attorney-General of Victoria 6 separate times and Arthur Rylah holds the record for the longest term of 11 years and 334 days.

Colonial Victoria OrderMPTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes1 William Stawell 15 July 1851 25 February 1857 2 Thomas Fellows 25 February 1857 11 March 1857 3 Henry Samuel Chapman 11 March 1857 29 April 1857 4 Archibald Michie 29 April 1857 10 March 1858 (3) Henry Samuel Chapman 10 March 1858 27 October 1859 5 John Wood 27 October 1859 26 November 1860 6 Richard Davies Ireland 26 November 1860 29 July 1861 7 Butler Cole Aspinall 29 July 1861 14 November 1861 (6) Richard Davies Ireland 14 November 1861 27 June 1863 8 George Higinbotham 27 June 1863 6 May 1868 9 Morgan McDonnell 6 May 1868 11 July 1868 10 George Paton Smith 11 July 1868 20 September 1869 (9) Morgan McDonnell 20 September 1869 9 April 1870 (4) Archibald Michie 9 April 1870 19 June 1871 11 Robert Walsh 5 July 1871 10 June 1872 12 James Stephen 10 June 1872 1 May 1874 13 George Kerferd 2 May 1874 7 August 1875 14 Robert Le Poer Trench 9 August 1875 20 October 1875 (13) George Kerferd 20 October 1875 21 May 1877 (14) Robert Le Poer Trench 22 May 1877 27 March 1878 15 27 March 1878 5 March 1880 (13) George Kerferd 5 March 1880 3 August 1880 16 William Vale 3 August 1880 9 July 1881 (15) 9 July 1881 8 March 1883 (13) George Kerferd 8 March 1883 1 January 1886 17 Henry Wrixon 18 February 1886 5 November 1890 18 William Shiels 5 November 1890 16 February 1892 19 John Gavan Duffy 16 February 1892 28 April 1892 (18) William Shiels 28 April 1892 23 January 1893 (15) 23 January 1893 27 September 1894 20 Isaac Isaacs 27 September 1894 5 December 1899 21 William Irvine 5 December 1899 19 November 1900 (20) Isaac Isaacs 19 November 1900 4 June 1901 22 Samuel Gillott 4 June 1901 10 June 1902

Post-federation

OrderMPParty affiliationTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes(21) William Irvine Reform 10 June 1902 7 September 1903 23 John Mark Davies MLC 7 September 1903 8 January 1909 24 James Drysdale Brown MLC Commonwealth Liberal 8 January 1909 9 December 1913 25 William Evans MLC Labor 9 December 1913 22 December 1913 26 Donald Mackinnon Commonwealth Liberal 22 December 1913 9 November 1915 27 Harry Lawson 9 November 1915 29 November 1917 28 Agar Wynne Nationalist 29 November 1917 21 March 1918 (27) Harry Lawson 21 March 1918 21 October 1919 29 Arthur Robinson MLC 21 October 1919 11 July 1924 30 Henry Cohen MLC 11 July 1924 18 July 1924 31 Bill Slater Labor 18 July 1924 18 November 1924 32Frederic Eggleston Nationalist18 November 192428 April 192733 John Allan Country 28 April 1927 20 May 1927 (31) Bill Slater Labor 20 May 1927 22 November 1928 34 Ian Macfarlan Nationalist 22 November 1928 12 December 1929 (31) Bill Slater Labor 12 December 1929 19 May 1932 35 Robert Menzies United Australia Party 19 May 1932 25 July 1934 (34) Ian Macfarlan 25 July 1934 2 April 1935 36 Albert Bussau United Country 2 April 1935 18 April 1938 37 Henry Bailey 26 April 1938 14 September 1943 (31) Bill Slater Labor 14 September 1943 18 September 1943 (34) Ian Macfarlan United Australia Party 18 September 1943 21 November 1945 (31) Bill Slater Labor 21 November 1945 20 November 1947 38 Trevor Oldham Liberal 20 November 1947 27 June 1950 39 Tom Mitchell Country 27 June 1950 28 October 1952 40 Thomas Hollway Electoral Reform League 28 October 1952 31 October 1952 (39) Tom Mitchell Country 31 October 1952 17 December 1952 (31) Bill Slater MLC Labor 17 December 1952 7 June 1955 41 William Leggatt Liberal Country Party 7 June 1955 8 June 1955 42 Arthur Rylah 8 June 1955 9 May 1967 43 George Reid 9 May 1967 30 May 1973 44 Vernon Wilcox Liberal 30 May 1973 31 March 1976 45 Alan Hunt MLC 31 March 1976 6 May 1976 46 Haddon Storey MLC 6 May 1976 8 April 1982 47 John Cain Labor 8 April 1982 8 September 1983 48 Jim Kennan MLC 8 September 1983 14 December 1987 49 Andrew McCutcheon 14 December 1987 2 April 1990 (48) Jim Kennan 2 April 1990 6 October 1992 50 Jan Wade Liberal 6 October 1992 20 October 1999 51 Rob Hulls Labor 20 October 1999 2 December 2010 52 Robert Clark Liberal 2 December 2010 4 December 2014 53 Martin Pakula Labor 4 December 2014 29 November 2018 54 Jill Hennessy 29 November 2018 16 December 2020 55 Jaclyn Symes MLC 22 December 2020 19 December 2024 56 Sonya Kilkenny 19 December 2024 Incumbent

See also

Justice ministry Politics of Victoria

References