Chief Justice of Samoa
List of Chief Justices

Portrait
Name
Nationality
From
To
Appointed by
Sources
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa
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Conrad Cedercrantz [sv]
Sweden
1890
?
Oscar II of Sweden
-
-
Henry Clay Ide
United States
1893
1897
-
-
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William Lea Chambers
United States
1897
1899
-
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Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa
Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa
Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa
Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa
Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa
Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa
Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa
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Erich Schultz-Ewerth [de] (Concurrently Governor of German Samoa from 1910 to 1914)
Germany
1904
1914
Wilhelm Solf
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Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list)
Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list)
Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list)
Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list)
Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list)
Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list)
Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list)
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JE Wilson
New Zealand
?
1921
-
-
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CR Orr-Walker
New Zealand
1921
1923
-
-
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John Luxford
New Zealand
1929
1936
Joseph Ward
-
-
Robert Mackenzie Watson
New Zealand
April 1936
September 1936
Michael Joseph Savage
-
-
Joseph S. Morling
New Zealand
April 1937
?
Michael Joseph Savage
-
-
William Carrol Harley
New Zealand
September 1938
May 1942
Michael Joseph Savage
-
-
John R. Herd
New Zealand
Late 1942 or early 1943
November 1947
?
-
-
Charles Croft Marsack
New Zealand
January 1948
December 1961
Peter Fraser
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa
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Paul Loxton Molineaux
New Zealand
1962
1966
-
-
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Barrie Charles Spring
New Zealand
1966
1972
-
-
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Eric Francis Rothwell
New Zealand
?
?
?
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Gaven John Donne
New Zealand
1972
1974
-
-
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Michael Bernard (Ben) Scully
New Zealand
1974
1976
-
-
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Bryan Osborne Nicholson
New Zealand
?
1980
-
-
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Robert St John
Australia
1980
1982
-
-
-
David Hull
?
?
?
?
-
-
John Douglas Dillon
?
?
?
?
-
-
Russell Callander
New Zealand
1982
1983
Tanumafili II, on the advice of Tupuola Efi
-
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Vaovasamanaia Phillips
Samoa
1983
?
Tanumafili II, on the advice of Tofilau Eti Alesana
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Trevor Maxwell
New Zealand
?
1989
-
-
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Anthony John Ryan
?
?
?
?
-
-
Patu Tiava'asu'e Falefatu Sapolu
Samoa
1992
Present
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Question: Who held the position of Chief Justice from 1983-1897 and from 1897 to 1899?
Answer: The position of Chief Justice was subsequently held by Americans Henry Clay Ide from 1893 to 1897, and William Lea Chambers from 1897 to 1899.