List of Advocates-General and Crown Solicitors of South Australia
Crown Solicitor of South Australia | |
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Incumbent Ingrid Norman since November 2021 | |
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Inaugural holder | Charles Mann |
Formation | 1837 |
Website | Attorney-General's Department (South Australia) |
The Crown Solicitor of South Australia provides legal services to South Australian government Ministers, agencies and departments.
With the establishment of the Province of South Australia, the colony's first First Law Officer Charles Mann was appointed Advocate-General, Crown Solicitor and Public Prosecutor. The appointment as Advocate-General bestowed the office holder with membership of the Council in Government. With the arrival of self government in 1857, the position of Advocate-General became that of Attorney-General.
In the early days of the colony the titles of Advocate-General, Crown Solicitor and Public Prosecutor were bestowed together. That changed in 1850 due to the ill-health of then Advocate-General, William Smillie. As a consequence of Smillie's ill-health, the position of Crown Solicitor was given to Charles Mann. Mann briefly held the title of Acting Advocate-General before resigning that position in favour of Richard Hanson. Hanson became South Australia's last Advocate-General and the provinces first Attorney-General in the inaugural Parliament in 1857.
Since 1850, the position of Crown Solicitor has been a public sector employee. The current Crown Solicitor of South Australia, as of 8 November 2021, is Ingrid Norman.
List of Advocates-General of South Australia (1837 to 1851)
Advocate-General | Time in Office |
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Charles Mann[1] | 1837–38[2] |
George Milner Stephen[3] | 1838[4] |
Robert Bernard | 1838–40[5] |
William Smillie | 1840–52[6] |
William Bartley (Acting) | 1849–50[7] |
Charles Mann (Acting)[8] | 1850–51[9] |
Richard Davies Hanson [10] | 1851–57[11] |
List of Crown Solicitors of South Australia (1851 to 2021)
Crown Solicitor | Time in Office |
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Charles Mann | 1837–38 |
George Milner Stephen | 1838 |
Robert Bernard | 1838–40 |
William Smillie | 1840–52 |
William Bartley (Acting) | 1849–50 |
Charles Mann | 1850–56[12] |
William Alfred Wearing QC[13] | 1856–67[14] |
William Bakewell | 1867–70[15] |
Richard Bullock Andrews QC[16][17] | 1870–81[18] |
Charles Mann QC | 1881–89[19] |
James Martin Stuart | 1889–1905[20] |
Charles James Dashwood KC[21][22] | 1905–16[23] |
Frederick William Richards KC[24] | 1916–27[25] |
Albert James Hannan[26][27] | 1927–52[28] |
Reginald Roderick St Clair Chamberlain KC[29][30] | 1952–59[31] |
Joseph Reginald Kearnan QC[32] | 1959–68 |
William Andrew Noye Wells QC[33] | 1968–69 |
Ralph Meyrick Hague | 1969–70 |
Leslie Kenneth Gordon | 1970–76 |
Graham Clifton Prior QC[34] | 1976–84 |
Catherine Margaret Branson QC | 1984–89 |
Bradley Maxwell Selway QC[35] | 1989–96 |
Michael Walter QC[36] | 1996–2004 |
Simon Stretton SC[37] | 2004–10 |
Gregory Parker | 2010–13 |
Michael Evans QC[38] | 2015–16 |
Judith Hughes | 2016–17[39] |
Michael Wait SC[40] | 2018–20 |
Laura Stein | 2020–21[41] |
Ingrid Norman | 2021– |
References
- ^ 'Mann, Charles (1799 - 1860)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, MUP, 1967, pp 201-202. Retrieved on 3 September 2015; Castles, A and Harris, M, Lawmakers and Wayward Whigs (Wakefield Press, 1987)
- ^ 'Advertising' South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839) 3 June 1837: 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31749645
- ^ 'Stephen, George Milner (1812 - 1894)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume ?, MUP, 1967, pp ??-??. Retrieved on 28 August 2014; Castles, A and Harris, M, Lawmakers and Wayward Whigs (Wakefield Press, 1987);
- ^ 'MR. GEORGE STEPHEN' South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839) 17 Feb 1838: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31749808
- ^ 'Advertising' South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839) 14 Jul 1838: 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31750009
- ^ 'OFFICIAL CHANGES & APPOINTMENTS' Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Advertiser (SA : 1839 - 1840) 31 Mar 1840: 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195859739
- ^ 'ERRATA IN "OBSERVER'S" LETTER' South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) 6 Jan 1849: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50246699
- ^ 'Mann, Charles (1799 - 1860)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, MUP, 1967, pp 201-202. Retrieved on 3 September 2015; Castles, A and Harris, M, Lawmakers and Wayward Whigs (Wakefield Press, 1987)
- ^ 'OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS' South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1847 - 1852) 5 Jan 1850: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195939144
- ^ 'Hanson, Richard Davies (1805 - 1876)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume ?, MUP, 1967, pp ??-??. Retrieved on 3 September 2015
- ^ Hanson originally acted in the role until Smillie's death in December 1852 whereupon he was appointed the provinces last Advocate-General. In 1857, Hanson became South Australia's first Attorney-General upon the province achieving the right of responsible government. 'THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE' South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) 18 Jul 1851: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38449569; Ralph M Hague, History of the Law in South Australia 1837-1867 (University of Adelaide Barr Smith Press 2005), 719
- ^ In 1851, the Office of Crown Solicitor was severed from that of Advocate-General. 'THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE' South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) 18 Jul 1851: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38449569
- ^ appointed Queen's Counsel 16 March 1865
- ^ 'THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE' South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) 11 Apr 1856: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49753208
- ^ 'THE MONTHS NEWS' South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) 9 Aug 1867: 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39188731
- ^ appointed Queen's Counsel 16 March 1865
- ^ 'Andrews, Richard Bullock (1823 - 1884)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume ?, MUP, 1967, pp ??-??. Retrieved on 3 September 2015
- ^ 'GOVERNMENT GAZETTE' The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) 21 Jan 1870: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28588503
- ^ 'Latest News' Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912) 18 Mar 1881: 2 Edition: SECOND EDITION http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197752712
- ^ 'THE NEW CROWN SOLICITOR' The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) 15 Aug 1889: 5 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24482422
- ^ appointed King's Counsel 18 July 1906
- ^ 'Dahswood, Charles James (1842 - 1919)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume ?, MUP, 1967, pp ??-??. Retrieved on 3 September 2015
- ^ 'PERSONAL' The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) 5 Jul 1905: 6 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4938274
- ^ appointed King's Counsel 8 September 1921
- ^ 'CROWN LAW APPOINTMENT' Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924) 1 Aug 1916: 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105360150
- ^ appointed King's Counsel 15 January 1935
- ^ 'Hannan, Albert James (1887 - 1965)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume ?, MUP, 1967, pp ??-??. Retrieved on 3 September 2015
- ^ 'CROWN LAW OFFICE' News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) 28 Apr 1927: 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129246812
- ^ appointed King's Counsel 8 May 1947
- ^ 'Chamberlain, Sir Reginald Roderick St Clair (1901 - 1990)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume ?, MUP, 1967, pp ??-??. Retrieved on 3 September 2015
- ^ 'New Crown Solicitor' The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) 25 Jul 1952: 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47401900
- ^ appointed Queen's Counsel 5 May 1960
- ^ appointed Queen's Counsel 20 September 1962
- ^ appointed Queen's Counsel 8 January 1978
- ^ appointed Queen's Counsel 1 December 1994
- ^ appointed Queen's Counsel 4 December 2003
- ^ appointed Senior Counsel 26 October 2009
- ^ appointed Queen's Counsel 17 January 2008
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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