Solicitor-General of Victoria
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, they act as Victoria's senior legal adviser. Second, they represent 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.
Name | Appointed | Concluded | Comments | Notes |
15 7 1851 | 18 1 1852 | Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court | ||
13 4 1852 | 20 7 1852 | Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court | ||
21 7 1852 | 28.11.1855 | |||
4 1 1854 | 17 6 1856 | Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court | ||
27 6 1856 | 25 2 1857 | Appointed Attorney-General | ||
25 2 1857 | 11 3 1857 | |||
11 3 1857 | 29 4 1857 | |||
29 4 1857 | 10 3 1858 | |||
10 3 1858 | 27.10.1858 | |||
27.10.1859 | 5 3 1860 | |||
5 3 1860 | 26.11.1860 | |||
vacant | 27.11.1860 | 1 9 1869 | ||
2 9 1869 | 20 9 1869 | |||
19 1 1870 | 9 4 1870 | |||
9 4 1870 | 19 6 1871 | |||
19 6 1871 | 10 6 1872 | |||
10 6 1872 | 31 7 1874 | |||
31 7 1874 | 7 8 1875 | |||
vacant | 8 9 1875 | 8 7 1881 | ||
9 7 1881 | 8 3 1883 | |||
12 3 1883 | 23 4 1884 | |||
vacant | 24 4 1884 | 31 8 1890 | ||
1 9 1890 | 5 11 1890 | |||
vacant | 6 11 1890 | 15 2 1892 | ||
16 2 1892 | 23 1 1893 | |||
23 1 1893 | 23 5 1893 | |||
6 6 1893 | 27 9 1894 | |||
27 9 1894 | 5 12 1899 | |||
5 12 1899 | 19.11.1900 | |||
19.11.1900 | 10 6 1902 | |||
10 6 1902 | 6 2 1903 | |||
6 2 1903 | 7 9 1903 | |||
vacant | 8 9 1903 | 15 2 1904 | ||
16 2 1904 | 28 2 1908 | |||
28 2 1908 | 8 9 1908 | |||
8 9 1908 | 8 1 1909 | |||
8 1 1909 | 9 12 1913 | |||
9 12 1913 | 22.12.1913 | |||
22.12.1913 | 9 11 1915 | |||
9 11 1915 | 28.11.1917 | |||
29.11.1917 | 20 3 1918 | |||
21 3 1918 | 20 1 1920 | |||
20 1 1920 | 20 9 1920 | |||
20 9 1920 | 11 7 1924 | |||
11 7 1924 | 17 7 1924 | |||
18 7 1924 | 18.11.1924 | |||
18.11.1924 | 27 4 1927 | |||
28 4 1927 | 19 5 1927 | |||
20 5 1927 | 21.11.1928 | |||
26.11.1928 | 11.12.1929 | |||
12.12.1929 | 18 5 1932 | |||
19 5 1932 | 24 7 1934 | |||
25 7 1934 | 20 3 1935 | |||
20 3 1935 | 2 4 1935 | |||
2 4 1935 | 1 4 1938 | |||
22 4 1938 | 13 9 1943 | |||
14 9 1943 | 17 9 1943 | |||
18 9 1943 | 20.11.1945 | |||
21.11.1945 | 19.11.1947 | |||
20.11.1947 | 26 6 1950 | |||
27 6 1950 | 12.12.1951 | |||
12.12.1951 | 1 9 1964 | Senior Counsel to the Attorney-General. Appointed Chief Justice | ||
2 9 1964 | 4 9 1974 | |||
5 9 1974 | 15 8 1982 | |||
16 9 1982 | ||||
8 7 2003 | 1 9 2010 | |||
1 4 2011 | 10 3 2015 | |||
10 6 2015 | 28.11.2017 | |||
28.11.2017 |