The attorney-general of Queensland is a ministerial position of the Government of Queensland with responsibility for the state's legal and justice system.
Upon the election of the Crisafulli Government, Deb Frecklington was appointed the attorney-general of Queensland as of 1 November 2024.
List of attorneys-general of Queensland The following served as Attorney-General of Queensland: Attorney-General Party Prior Legal Experience Alma mater Term start Term end Ratcliffe Pring QC No party Barrister,Crown prosecutor 12 December 1859 30 August 1865 John Bramston No party Barrister 31 August 1865 11 September 1865 Charles Lilley No party Barrister University College London 11 September 1865 20 July 1866 Ratcliffe Pring QC No party Barrister,Crown prosecutor 21 July 1866 7 August 1866 Charles Lilley No party Barrister University College London 7 August 1866 15 August 1867 Ratcliffe Pring QC No party Barrister,Crown prosecutor 15 August 1867 25 November 1868 Charles Lilley No party Barrister University College London 25 November 1868 12 November 1869 Ratcliffe Pring QC No party Barrister,Crown prosecutor 12 November 1869 3 May 1870 John Bramston No party Barrister 3 May 1870 2 January 1874 Ratcliffe Pring QC No party Barrister,Crown prosecutor 2 January 1874 8 January 1874 Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt No party Barrister 8 January 1874 3 August 1874 Samuel Griffith QC No party Barrister University of Sydney 3 August 1874 7 December 1878 James Francis Garrick QC No party Barrister 7 December 1878 21 January 1879 John Malbon Thompson No party Solicitor,Barrister 21 January 1879 16 May 1879 Ratcliffe Pring QC No party Barrister,Crown prosecutor 16 May 1879 4 June 1880 Henry Beor QC No party Barrister University of Cambridge 4 June 1880 25 December 1880 Pope Alexander Cooper No party Barrister,Crown prosecutor University of Sydney 31 December 1880 5 January 1883 Charles E. Chubb QC No party Solicitor,Barrister,Crown prosecutor 6 January 1883 13 November 1883 Arthur Rutledge QC Ministerialist Barrister 13 November 1883 13 June 1888 Andrew Joseph Thynne Ministerialist Solicitor Queen's College, Galway 13 June 1888 12 August 1890 Samuel Griffith Ministerialist Barrister University of Sydney 12 August 1890 13 March 1893 Thomas Joseph Byrnes Ministerialist Barrister University of Melbourne 3 March 1893 27 September 1898 Walter Horatio Wilson Ministerialist n/a1 October 1898 28 March 1899 Arthur Rutledge QC Ministerialist Barrister 28 March 1899 1 December 1899 Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald Labor Barrister 1 December 1899 7 December 1899 Arthur Rutledge QC Ministerialist Barrister 7 December 1899 17 September 1903 James William Blair Ministerialist Solicitor 17 September 1903 19 November 1907 Francis Isidore Power Kidstonite Solicitor University of Dublin 19 November 1907 18 February 1908 James William Blair Kidstonite Barrister 18 February 1908 29 October 1908 Thomas O'Sullivan KC Kidstonite Barrister, Solicitor 29 October 1908 1 June 1915 Thomas Joseph Ryan KC Labor Barrister University of Melbourne 1 June 1915 22 October 1919 John Arthur Fihelly Labor n/a 22 October 1919 12 November 1920 John Mullan Labor n/a 12 November 1920 21 May 1929 Neil Francis McGroarty CPNP Barrister,Solicitor 21 May 1929 17 June 1932 John Mullan Labor n/a 17 June 1932 14 November 1940 John O'Keefe Labor n/a 14 November 1940 8 December 1941 David Alexander Gledson Labor n/a 8 December 1941 14 May 1949 George Henry Devries Labor n/a 9 June 1949 10 May 1950 James Larcombe Labor n/a 10 May 1950 10 March 1952 William Joseph Power Labor n/a 10 March 1952 12 August 1957 Alan Whiteside Munro Liberal n/a 12 August 1957 26 September 1963 Peter Roylance Delamothe Liberal n/a University of Sydney 26 September 1963 19 December 1971 William Edward Knox Liberal n/a 20 December 1971 13 August 1976 William Daniel Lickiss Liberal n/a University of Queensland 13 August 1976 23 December 1980 Samuel Sydney Doumany Liberal n/a 23 December 1980 18 August 1983 Neville John Harper National n/a 19 August 1983 1 December 1986 Paul Clauson National Solicitor University of Queensland 1 December 1986 1 December 1987 Michael John Ahern National n/a University of Queensland 1 December 1987 9 December 1987 Paul Clauson National Solicitor University of Queensland 9 December 1987 28 August 1989 Ivan James Gibbs National n/a 31 August 1989 25 September 1989 Paul Clauson National Solicitor University of Queensland 25 September 1989 7 December 1989 Dean Wells Labor Barrister Monash University 7 December 1989 31 July 1995 Matt Foley Labor Solicitor University of Queensland 31 July 1995 19 February 1996 Joan Mary Sheldon Liberal n/a University of Queensland 19 February 1996 26 February 1996 Denver Beanland Liberal n/a University of Queensland 28 February 1996 29 June 1998 Matt Foley Labor Solicitor University of Queensland 29 July 1998 22 February 2001 Rod Welford Labor Barrister University of Queensland 22 February 2001 28 July 2005 Linda Lavarch Labor Solicitor Queensland University of Technology 28 July 2005 18 October 2006 Kerry Shine Labor Solicitor University of Queensland 1 November 2006 26 March 2009 Cameron Dick Labor Solicitor,Barrister University of QueenslandUniversity of Cambridge 26 March 2009 21 February 2011 Paul Lucas Labor Solicitor University of QueenslandUniversity of Southern Queensland 21 February 2011 24 March 2012 Jarrod Bleijie Liberal National Solicitor Queensland University of Technology 3 April 2012 14 February 2015 Yvette D'Ath Labor Industrial Advocate Queensland University of Technology 16 February 2015 12 November 2020 Shannon Fentiman Labor Solicitor,Industrial Advocate Queensland University of TechnologyUniversity of Melbourne 13 November 2020 18 May 2023 Yvette D'Ath Labor Industrial Advocate Queensland University of Technology 18 May 2023 28 October 2024 Deb Frecklington Liberal National Solicitor University of Southern QueenslandQueensland University of Technology 1 November 2024 Incumbent
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