Justice | Term start and end [1] | Days in office | Replaced | Prime Minister at time of appointment |
Prior position | Ref. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Name (lived) |
State | Overall term | Term as Chief Justice | Overall term | Term as Chief Justice | ||||
1 | Sir
Samuel Griffith (1845–1920) |
Queensland | 5 Oct 1903 – 17 Oct 1919 |
5 Oct 1903 – 17 Oct 1919 |
16 years, 12 days | 16 years, 12 days | Inaugural | Deakin | Chief Justice of Queensland | [2] [3] |
2 | Sir
Edmund Barton (1849–1920) |
New South Wales | 5 Oct 1903 – 7 Jan 1920 |
16 years, 94 days | Inaugural | Deakin |
Prime Minister of Australia & Member of Parliament for Hunter |
[4] [5] | ||
3 |
Richard O'Connor (1851–1912) |
New South Wales | 5 Oct 1903 – 18 Nov 1912 [†] |
9 years, 44 days | Inaugural | Deakin |
Vice-President of the Executive Council& Senator for New South Wales |
[6] [7] | ||
4 | Sir
Isaac Isaacs (1855–1948) |
Victoria | 12 Oct 1906 – 21 Jan 1931 [♦] |
2 Apr 1930 – 21 Jan 1931 [♦] |
24 years, 101 days | 294 days | New position (as justice); Knox (as chief justice) |
Deakin (as justice); Scullin (as chief justice) |
Attorney General of Australia & Member of Parliament for Indi |
[8] [9] |
5 |
Henry Bournes Higgins (1851–1929) |
Victoria | 13 Oct 1906 – 13 Jan 1929 [†] |
22 years, 92 days | New position | Deakin |
Member of Parliament for Northern Melbourne |
[10] [11] | ||
6 | Sir
Frank Gavan Duffy (1852–1936) |
Victoria | 1 Feb 1913 – 1 Oct 1935 |
22 Jan 1931 – 1 Oct 1935 |
22 years, 242 days | 4 years, 252 days |
O'Connor (as justice); Isaacs (as chief justice) |
Fisher (as justice); Scullin (as chief justice) |
King's Counsel, Victorian Bar | [12] [13] |
7 | Sir
Charles Powers (1853–1939) |
Queensland | 5 Mar 1913 – 22 Jul 1929 |
16 years, 139 days | New position | Fisher | Commonwealth Crown Solicitor | [14] [15] | ||
8 |
Albert Piddington (1862–1945) |
New South Wales | 6 Mar 1913 – 5 Apr 1913 |
30 days | New position | Fisher | King's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | [16] [17] | ||
9 | Sir
George Rich (1863–1956) |
New South Wales | 5 Apr, 1913 – 3 May, 1950 |
37 years, 28 days | Piddington | Fisher | Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales | [18] [19] | ||
10 | Sir
Adrian Knox (1863–1932) |
New South Wales | 18 Oct 1919 – 2 Apr 1930 |
18 Oct 1919 – 2 Apr 1930 |
10 years, 166 days | 10 years, 166 days | Griffith | Hughes | King's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | [20] [21] |
11 | Sir
Hayden Starke (1871–1958) |
Victoria | 5 Feb 1920 – 31 Jan 1950 |
29 years, 360 days | Barton | Hughes | Barrister, Victorian Bar | [22] [23] | ||
12 | Sir
Owen Dixon (1886–1972) |
Victoria | 4 Feb 1929 – 13 Apr 1964 |
18 Apr 1952 – 13 Apr 1964 |
35 years, 69 days | 11 years, 361 days |
Higgins (as justice); Latham (as chief justice) |
Bruce (as justice); Menzies (as chief justice) |
King's Counsel, Victorian Bar | [24] [25] |
13 |
Herbert Vere Evatt (1894–1965) |
New South Wales | 19 Dec 1930 – 15 Oct 1940 |
9 years, 301 days | Powers | Scullin |
Member of Parliament (NSW) for Balmain |
[26] [27] | ||
14 | Sir
Edward McTiernan (1892–1990) |
New South Wales | 20 Dec 1930 – 12 Sept 1976 |
45 years, 267 days | Knox | Scullin | Member of Parliament for Parkes | [28] [29] | ||
15 | Sir
John Latham (1877–1964) |
Victoria | 11 Oct 1935 – 7 Apr 1952 [A] |
11 Oct 1935 – 7 Apr 1952 [A] |
16 years, 179 days [A] | 16 years, 179 days [A] | Gavan Duffy | Lyons |
Attorney General of Australia, Minister for External Affairs & Member of Parliament for Kooyong | |
16 | Sir
Dudley Williams (1889–1963) |
New South Wales | 15 Oct 1940 – 31 Jul 1958 |
17 years, 289 days | Evatt | Menzies | Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales | |||
17 | Sir
William Webb (1887–1972) |
Queensland | 16 May 1946
[B] – 16 May 1958 |
12 years, 0 days [B] | New position (vacant since retirement of Isaacs) | Menzies | Chief Justice of Queensland | |||
18 | Sir
Wilfred Fullagar (1892–1961) |
Victoria | 8 Feb 1950 – 9 Jul 1961 [†] |
11 years, 151 days | Starke | Menzies | Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria | |||
19 | Sir
Frank Kitto (1833–1915) |
New South Wales | 10 May 1950 – 1 Aug 1970 |
20 years, 83 days | Rich | Menzies | King's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | |||
20 | Sir
Alan Taylor (1901–1969) |
New South Wales | 3 Sep 1952 – 3 Aug 1969 [†] |
16 years, 334 days | Latham | Menzies | Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales | |||
21 | Sir
Douglas Menzies (1907–1974) |
Victoria | 12 Jun 1958 – 19 Nov 1964 [†] |
16 years, 160 days | Webb | Menzies | Queen's Counsel, Victorian Bar | |||
22 | Sir
Victor Windeyer (1900–1987) |
New South Wales | 8 Sep 1958 – 29 Feb 1972 |
13 years, 174 days | Williams | Menzies | Queen's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | |||
23 | Sir
William Owen (1899–1972) |
New South Wales | 22 Sep 1961 – 31 Mar 1972 [†] |
10 years, 191 days | Fullagar | Menzies | Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales | |||
24 | Sir
Garfield Barwick (1903–1997) |
New South Wales | 27 Apr 1964 – 11 Feb 1981 |
27 Apr 1964 – 11 Feb 1981 |
16 years, 290 days | 16 years, 290 days | Dixon | Menzies |
Attorney General of Australia, Minister for External Affairs & Member of Parliament for Parramatta | |
25 | Sir
Cyril Walsh (1909–1973) |
New South Wales | 20 Sep 1969 – 29 Nov 1973 [†] |
4 years, 70 days | Taylor | Gorton | Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
26 | Sir
Harry Gibbs (1917–2005) |
Queensland | 4 Aug 1970 – 5 Feb 1987 |
12 Feb 1981 – 5 Feb 1987 |
16 years, 185 days | 5 years, 358 days |
Kitto (as justice); Barwick (as chief justice) |
Gorton (as justice); Fraser (as chief justice) |
Judge, Federal Court of Bankruptcy | |
27 | Sir
Ninian Stephen (1923–2017) |
Victoria | 1 Mar 1972 – 11 May 1982 [♦] |
10 years, 71 days | Windeyer | McMahon | Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria | |||
28 | Sir
Anthony Mason (born 1925) |
New South Wales | 7 Aug 1972 – 20 Apr 1995 |
6 Feb 1987 – 20 Apr 1995 |
22 years, 256 days | 8 years, 73 days |
Owen (as justice); Gibbs (as chief justice) |
McMahon (as justice); Hawke (as chief justice) |
Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |
29 | Sir
Kenneth Jacobs (1917–2015) |
New South Wales | 8 Feb 1974 – 6 Apr 1979 |
5 years, 57 days | Walsh | Whitlam | President, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
30 |
Lionel Murphy (1922–1986) |
New South Wales | 10 Feb 1975 – 21 Oct 1986 [†] |
11 years, 253 days | Menzies | Whitlam |
Attorney General of Australia, Senator for New South Wales | |||
31 | Sir
Keith Aickin (1916–1982) |
Victoria | 20 Sep 1976 – 18 Jun 1982 [†] |
5 years, 271 days | McTiernan | Fraser | Queen's Counsel, Victorian Bar | |||
32 | Sir
Ronald Wilson (1922–2005) |
Western Australia | 19 May 1979 – 13 Feb 1989 |
9 years, 270 days | Jacobs | Fraser |
Solicitor-General of Western Australia Queen's Counsel, Western Australian Bar | |||
33 | Sir
Gerard Brennan (born 1928) |
Queensland | 12 Feb 1981 – 21 May 1998 |
21 Apr 1995 – 21 May 1998 |
17 years, 98 days | 3 years, 30 days |
Barwick (as justice); Mason (as chief justice) |
Fraser (as justice); Keating (as chief justice) |
Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |
34 | Sir
William Deane (born 1931) |
New South Wales | 27 Jul 1982 – 10 Nov 1995 [♦] |
13 years, 106 days | Stephen | Fraser | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
35 | Sir
Daryl Dawson born 1933 |
Victoria | 16 Aug 1982 – 15 Aug 1997 |
14 years, 364 days | Aickin | Fraser |
Solicitor-General of Victoria Queen's Counsel, Victorian Bar | |||
36 |
John Toohey (1930–2015) |
Western Australia | 6 Feb 1987 – 2 Feb 1998 |
10 years, 361 days | Murphy | Hawke | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
37 |
Mary Gaudron (born 1943) |
New South Wales | 6 Feb 1987 – 10 Feb 2003 |
16 years, 4 days | Gibbs | Hawke |
Solicitor General for New South Wales Queen's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | |||
38 |
Michael McHugh (born 1935) |
New South Wales | 14 Feb 1989 – 31 Oct 2005 |
16 years, 259 days | Wilson | Hawke | Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
39 |
William Gummow (born 1942) |
New South Wales | 21 Apr 1995 – 8 Oct 2012 |
17 years, 170 days | Mason | Keating | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
40 |
Michael Kirby (born 1939) |
New South Wales | 6 Feb 1996 – 2 Feb 2009 |
12 years, 362 days | Deane | Keating | President, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
41 |
Kenneth Hayne (born 1945) |
Victoria | 22 Sep 1997 – 4 Jun 2015 |
17 years, 255 days | Dawson | Howard | Judge, Victorian Court of Appeal | |||
42 |
Ian Callinan (born 1937) |
Queensland | 3 Feb 1998 – 31 Aug 2007 |
9 years, 209 days | Toohey | Howard | Queen's Counsel, Queensland Bar | |||
43 |
Murray Gleeson (born 1938) |
New South Wales | 22 May 1998 – 29 Aug 2008 |
22 May 1998 – 29 Aug 2008 |
10 years, 99 days | 10 years, 99 days | Brennan | Howard | Chief Justice of New South Wales | |
44 |
John Dyson Heydon (born 1943) |
New South Wales | 10 Feb 2003 – 28 Feb 2013 |
10 years, 18 days | Gaudron | Howard | Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
45 |
Susan Crennan (born 1945) |
Victoria | 8 Nov 2005 – 2 Feb 2015 |
9 years, 86 days | McHugh | Howard | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
46 |
Susan Kiefel (born 1954) [C] |
Queensland | 3 Sep 2007 – present |
30 Jan 2017 – present |
16 years, 319 days [D] | 7 years, 170 days [D] |
Callinan (as justice); French (as chief justice) |
Howard (as justice); Turnbull (as chief justice) |
Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |
47 |
Robert French (born 1947) |
Western Australia | 1 Sep 2008 – 29 Jan 2017 |
1 Sep 2008 – 29 Jan 2017 |
8 years, 150 days | 8 years, 150 days | Gleeson | Rudd | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |
48 |
Virginia Bell (born 1951) [E] |
New South Wales | 3 Feb 2009 – present |
15 years, 166 days [D] | Kirby | Rudd | Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
49 |
Stephen Gageler (born 1958) [F] |
New South Wales | 9 Oct 2012 – present |
11 years, 283 days [D] | Gummow | Gillard |
Solicitor-General of Australia Senior Counsel, New South Wales Bar | |||
50 |
Patrick Keane (born 1952) [G] |
Queensland | 1 Mar 2013 – present |
11 years, 139 days [D] | Heydon | Gillard | Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia | |||
51 |
Geoffrey Nettle (born 1950) [H] |
Victoria | 3 Feb 2015 – present |
9 years, 166 days [D] | Crennan | Abbott | Judge, Victorian Court of Appeal | |||
52 |
Michelle Gordon (born 1964) [I] |
Victoria | 9 Jun 2015 – present |
9 years, 39 days [D] | Hayne | Abbott | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
53 |
James Edelman (born 1974) [J] |
Western Australia | 30 Jan 2017 – present |
7 years, 170 days [D] | French | Turnbull | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
No. | Name (lived) |
State | Overall term | Term as Chief Justice | Overall term | Term as Chief Justice | Replaced | Prime Minister at time of appointment |
Prior position | Ref. |
Justice | Term start and end | Days in office |
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Justice | Term start and end [1] | Days in office | Replaced | Prime Minister at time of appointment |
Prior position | Ref. | ||||
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No. | Name (lived) |
State | Overall term | Term as Chief Justice | Overall term | Term as Chief Justice | ||||
1 | Sir
Samuel Griffith (1845–1920) |
Queensland | 5 Oct 1903 – 17 Oct 1919 |
5 Oct 1903 – 17 Oct 1919 |
16 years, 12 days | 16 years, 12 days | Inaugural | Deakin | Chief Justice of Queensland | [2] [3] |
2 | Sir
Edmund Barton (1849–1920) |
New South Wales | 5 Oct 1903 – 7 Jan 1920 |
16 years, 94 days | Inaugural | Deakin |
Prime Minister of Australia & Member of Parliament for Hunter |
[4] [5] | ||
3 |
Richard O'Connor (1851–1912) |
New South Wales | 5 Oct 1903 – 18 Nov 1912 [†] |
9 years, 44 days | Inaugural | Deakin |
Vice-President of the Executive Council& Senator for New South Wales |
[6] [7] | ||
4 | Sir
Isaac Isaacs (1855–1948) |
Victoria | 12 Oct 1906 – 21 Jan 1931 [♦] |
2 Apr 1930 – 21 Jan 1931 [♦] |
24 years, 101 days | 294 days | New position (as justice); Knox (as chief justice) |
Deakin (as justice); Scullin (as chief justice) |
Attorney General of Australia & Member of Parliament for Indi |
[8] [9] |
5 |
Henry Bournes Higgins (1851–1929) |
Victoria | 13 Oct 1906 – 13 Jan 1929 [†] |
22 years, 92 days | New position | Deakin |
Member of Parliament for Northern Melbourne |
[10] [11] | ||
6 | Sir
Frank Gavan Duffy (1852–1936) |
Victoria | 1 Feb 1913 – 1 Oct 1935 |
22 Jan 1931 – 1 Oct 1935 |
22 years, 242 days | 4 years, 252 days |
O'Connor (as justice); Isaacs (as chief justice) |
Fisher (as justice); Scullin (as chief justice) |
King's Counsel, Victorian Bar | [12] [13] |
7 | Sir
Charles Powers (1853–1939) |
Queensland | 5 Mar 1913 – 22 Jul 1929 |
16 years, 139 days | New position | Fisher | Commonwealth Crown Solicitor | [14] [15] | ||
8 |
Albert Piddington (1862–1945) |
New South Wales | 6 Mar 1913 – 5 Apr 1913 |
30 days | New position | Fisher | King's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | [16] [17] | ||
9 | Sir
George Rich (1863–1956) |
New South Wales | 5 Apr, 1913 – 3 May, 1950 |
37 years, 28 days | Piddington | Fisher | Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales | [18] [19] | ||
10 | Sir
Adrian Knox (1863–1932) |
New South Wales | 18 Oct 1919 – 2 Apr 1930 |
18 Oct 1919 – 2 Apr 1930 |
10 years, 166 days | 10 years, 166 days | Griffith | Hughes | King's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | [20] [21] |
11 | Sir
Hayden Starke (1871–1958) |
Victoria | 5 Feb 1920 – 31 Jan 1950 |
29 years, 360 days | Barton | Hughes | Barrister, Victorian Bar | [22] [23] | ||
12 | Sir
Owen Dixon (1886–1972) |
Victoria | 4 Feb 1929 – 13 Apr 1964 |
18 Apr 1952 – 13 Apr 1964 |
35 years, 69 days | 11 years, 361 days |
Higgins (as justice); Latham (as chief justice) |
Bruce (as justice); Menzies (as chief justice) |
King's Counsel, Victorian Bar | [24] [25] |
13 |
Herbert Vere Evatt (1894–1965) |
New South Wales | 19 Dec 1930 – 15 Oct 1940 |
9 years, 301 days | Powers | Scullin |
Member of Parliament (NSW) for Balmain |
[26] [27] | ||
14 | Sir
Edward McTiernan (1892–1990) |
New South Wales | 20 Dec 1930 – 12 Sept 1976 |
45 years, 267 days | Knox | Scullin | Member of Parliament for Parkes | [28] [29] | ||
15 | Sir
John Latham (1877–1964) |
Victoria | 11 Oct 1935 – 7 Apr 1952 [A] |
11 Oct 1935 – 7 Apr 1952 [A] |
16 years, 179 days [A] | 16 years, 179 days [A] | Gavan Duffy | Lyons |
Attorney General of Australia, Minister for External Affairs & Member of Parliament for Kooyong | |
16 | Sir
Dudley Williams (1889–1963) |
New South Wales | 15 Oct 1940 – 31 Jul 1958 |
17 years, 289 days | Evatt | Menzies | Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales | |||
17 | Sir
William Webb (1887–1972) |
Queensland | 16 May 1946
[B] – 16 May 1958 |
12 years, 0 days [B] | New position (vacant since retirement of Isaacs) | Menzies | Chief Justice of Queensland | |||
18 | Sir
Wilfred Fullagar (1892–1961) |
Victoria | 8 Feb 1950 – 9 Jul 1961 [†] |
11 years, 151 days | Starke | Menzies | Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria | |||
19 | Sir
Frank Kitto (1833–1915) |
New South Wales | 10 May 1950 – 1 Aug 1970 |
20 years, 83 days | Rich | Menzies | King's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | |||
20 | Sir
Alan Taylor (1901–1969) |
New South Wales | 3 Sep 1952 – 3 Aug 1969 [†] |
16 years, 334 days | Latham | Menzies | Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales | |||
21 | Sir
Douglas Menzies (1907–1974) |
Victoria | 12 Jun 1958 – 19 Nov 1964 [†] |
16 years, 160 days | Webb | Menzies | Queen's Counsel, Victorian Bar | |||
22 | Sir
Victor Windeyer (1900–1987) |
New South Wales | 8 Sep 1958 – 29 Feb 1972 |
13 years, 174 days | Williams | Menzies | Queen's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | |||
23 | Sir
William Owen (1899–1972) |
New South Wales | 22 Sep 1961 – 31 Mar 1972 [†] |
10 years, 191 days | Fullagar | Menzies | Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales | |||
24 | Sir
Garfield Barwick (1903–1997) |
New South Wales | 27 Apr 1964 – 11 Feb 1981 |
27 Apr 1964 – 11 Feb 1981 |
16 years, 290 days | 16 years, 290 days | Dixon | Menzies |
Attorney General of Australia, Minister for External Affairs & Member of Parliament for Parramatta | |
25 | Sir
Cyril Walsh (1909–1973) |
New South Wales | 20 Sep 1969 – 29 Nov 1973 [†] |
4 years, 70 days | Taylor | Gorton | Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
26 | Sir
Harry Gibbs (1917–2005) |
Queensland | 4 Aug 1970 – 5 Feb 1987 |
12 Feb 1981 – 5 Feb 1987 |
16 years, 185 days | 5 years, 358 days |
Kitto (as justice); Barwick (as chief justice) |
Gorton (as justice); Fraser (as chief justice) |
Judge, Federal Court of Bankruptcy | |
27 | Sir
Ninian Stephen (1923–2017) |
Victoria | 1 Mar 1972 – 11 May 1982 [♦] |
10 years, 71 days | Windeyer | McMahon | Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria | |||
28 | Sir
Anthony Mason (born 1925) |
New South Wales | 7 Aug 1972 – 20 Apr 1995 |
6 Feb 1987 – 20 Apr 1995 |
22 years, 256 days | 8 years, 73 days |
Owen (as justice); Gibbs (as chief justice) |
McMahon (as justice); Hawke (as chief justice) |
Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |
29 | Sir
Kenneth Jacobs (1917–2015) |
New South Wales | 8 Feb 1974 – 6 Apr 1979 |
5 years, 57 days | Walsh | Whitlam | President, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
30 |
Lionel Murphy (1922–1986) |
New South Wales | 10 Feb 1975 – 21 Oct 1986 [†] |
11 years, 253 days | Menzies | Whitlam |
Attorney General of Australia, Senator for New South Wales | |||
31 | Sir
Keith Aickin (1916–1982) |
Victoria | 20 Sep 1976 – 18 Jun 1982 [†] |
5 years, 271 days | McTiernan | Fraser | Queen's Counsel, Victorian Bar | |||
32 | Sir
Ronald Wilson (1922–2005) |
Western Australia | 19 May 1979 – 13 Feb 1989 |
9 years, 270 days | Jacobs | Fraser |
Solicitor-General of Western Australia Queen's Counsel, Western Australian Bar | |||
33 | Sir
Gerard Brennan (born 1928) |
Queensland | 12 Feb 1981 – 21 May 1998 |
21 Apr 1995 – 21 May 1998 |
17 years, 98 days | 3 years, 30 days |
Barwick (as justice); Mason (as chief justice) |
Fraser (as justice); Keating (as chief justice) |
Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |
34 | Sir
William Deane (born 1931) |
New South Wales | 27 Jul 1982 – 10 Nov 1995 [♦] |
13 years, 106 days | Stephen | Fraser | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
35 | Sir
Daryl Dawson born 1933 |
Victoria | 16 Aug 1982 – 15 Aug 1997 |
14 years, 364 days | Aickin | Fraser |
Solicitor-General of Victoria Queen's Counsel, Victorian Bar | |||
36 |
John Toohey (1930–2015) |
Western Australia | 6 Feb 1987 – 2 Feb 1998 |
10 years, 361 days | Murphy | Hawke | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
37 |
Mary Gaudron (born 1943) |
New South Wales | 6 Feb 1987 – 10 Feb 2003 |
16 years, 4 days | Gibbs | Hawke |
Solicitor General for New South Wales Queen's Counsel, New South Wales Bar | |||
38 |
Michael McHugh (born 1935) |
New South Wales | 14 Feb 1989 – 31 Oct 2005 |
16 years, 259 days | Wilson | Hawke | Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
39 |
William Gummow (born 1942) |
New South Wales | 21 Apr 1995 – 8 Oct 2012 |
17 years, 170 days | Mason | Keating | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
40 |
Michael Kirby (born 1939) |
New South Wales | 6 Feb 1996 – 2 Feb 2009 |
12 years, 362 days | Deane | Keating | President, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
41 |
Kenneth Hayne (born 1945) |
Victoria | 22 Sep 1997 – 4 Jun 2015 |
17 years, 255 days | Dawson | Howard | Judge, Victorian Court of Appeal | |||
42 |
Ian Callinan (born 1937) |
Queensland | 3 Feb 1998 – 31 Aug 2007 |
9 years, 209 days | Toohey | Howard | Queen's Counsel, Queensland Bar | |||
43 |
Murray Gleeson (born 1938) |
New South Wales | 22 May 1998 – 29 Aug 2008 |
22 May 1998 – 29 Aug 2008 |
10 years, 99 days | 10 years, 99 days | Brennan | Howard | Chief Justice of New South Wales | |
44 |
John Dyson Heydon (born 1943) |
New South Wales | 10 Feb 2003 – 28 Feb 2013 |
10 years, 18 days | Gaudron | Howard | Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
45 |
Susan Crennan (born 1945) |
Victoria | 8 Nov 2005 – 2 Feb 2015 |
9 years, 86 days | McHugh | Howard | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
46 |
Susan Kiefel (born 1954) [C] |
Queensland | 3 Sep 2007 – present |
30 Jan 2017 – present |
16 years, 319 days [D] | 7 years, 170 days [D] |
Callinan (as justice); French (as chief justice) |
Howard (as justice); Turnbull (as chief justice) |
Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |
47 |
Robert French (born 1947) |
Western Australia | 1 Sep 2008 – 29 Jan 2017 |
1 Sep 2008 – 29 Jan 2017 |
8 years, 150 days | 8 years, 150 days | Gleeson | Rudd | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |
48 |
Virginia Bell (born 1951) [E] |
New South Wales | 3 Feb 2009 – present |
15 years, 166 days [D] | Kirby | Rudd | Judge, New South Wales Court of Appeal | |||
49 |
Stephen Gageler (born 1958) [F] |
New South Wales | 9 Oct 2012 – present |
11 years, 283 days [D] | Gummow | Gillard |
Solicitor-General of Australia Senior Counsel, New South Wales Bar | |||
50 |
Patrick Keane (born 1952) [G] |
Queensland | 1 Mar 2013 – present |
11 years, 139 days [D] | Heydon | Gillard | Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia | |||
51 |
Geoffrey Nettle (born 1950) [H] |
Victoria | 3 Feb 2015 – present |
9 years, 166 days [D] | Crennan | Abbott | Judge, Victorian Court of Appeal | |||
52 |
Michelle Gordon (born 1964) [I] |
Victoria | 9 Jun 2015 – present |
9 years, 39 days [D] | Hayne | Abbott | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
53 |
James Edelman (born 1974) [J] |
Western Australia | 30 Jan 2017 – present |
7 years, 170 days [D] | French | Turnbull | Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |||
No. | Name (lived) |
State | Overall term | Term as Chief Justice | Overall term | Term as Chief Justice | Replaced | Prime Minister at time of appointment |
Prior position | Ref. |
Justice | Term start and end | Days in office |
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