Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory

Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory
Incumbent
Gordon Ramsay
MLA
since 31 October 2016
Justice and Community Safety Directorate
Style The Honourable
Nominator Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
Appointer ACT Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder Rosemary Follett
Formation 18 May 1989
Deputy ACT Government Solicitor
Website www.justice.act.gov.au

The Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for the Australian Capital Territory, is the primary Law Officer of the Crown in the Australian Capital Territory. The Attorney General serves as the chief legal and constitutional adviser of the ACT Government and is the head of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate. Its constitutional role was established in 1989 with the enactment by the Federal Parliament of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988.[1]

Gordon Ramsay, MLA, a representative of the Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch), became Attorney General on 31 October 2016.

List of Attorneys-General

#[2]NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeTimespanParty
1Rosemary Follett18 May 198914 December 1989210 daysLabor
2Bernard Collaery14 December 198918 June 19911 year, 186 daysResidents Rally
3Terry Connolly18 June 199117 March 19953 years, 272 daysLabor
4Gary Humphries17 March 199515 December 20005 years, 273 daysLiberal
5Bill Stefaniak15 December 200014 November 2001334 daysLiberal
6Jon Stanhope14 November 200118 April 20065 years, 158 daysLabor
7Simon Corbell18 April 200631 October 201610 years, 196 daysLabor
8Gordon Ramsay31 October 2016incumbentcurrently 1 year, 347 daysLabor

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Commonwealth Consolidated Acts - AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988 - SECT 3". AustLII. Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. ↑ O'Neill, Patrick. "Australian Capital Territory Attorneys-General 1989+". List of Australian Attorneys-General. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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