# Attorney-General of Victoria

The Attorney-General of Victoria, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for Victoria, is a minister in the Government of Victoria, Australia. The Attorney-General is a senior minister in the state government and the First Law Officer of the State.
The current Attorney-General of Victoria has, since December 2024, been Sonya Kilkenny of the Australian Labor Party. The Attorney-General is one of the ministers who administer parts of the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety, with responsibility for the state's courts and tribunals.
Bill Slater served as Attorney-General of Victoria 6 separate times and Arthur Rylah holds the record for the longest term of 11 years and 334 days.

## Colonial Victoria

| Order | MP | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | William Stawell MP | 15 July 1851 | 25 February 1857 | 5 years, 225 days |
| 2 | Thomas Fellows MP | 25 February 1857 | 11 March 1857 | 14 days |
| 3 | Henry Samuel Chapman^ | 11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | 49 days |
| 4 | Archibald Michie MP | 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | 315 days |
| (3) | Henry Samuel Chapman MP | 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1859 | 1 year, 231 days |
| 5 | John Wood MP | 27 October 1859 | 26 November 1860 | 1 year, 30 days |
| 6 | Richard Davies Ireland MP | 26 November 1860 | 29 July 1861 | 245 days |
| 7 | Butler Cole Aspinall MP | 29 July 1861 | 14 November 1861 | 108 days |
| (6) | Richard Davies Ireland MP | 14 November 1861 | 27 June 1863 | 1 year, 225 days |
| 8 | George Higinbotham MP | 27 June 1863 | 6 May 1868 | 4 years, 314 days |
| 9 | Morgan McDonnell MP | 6 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | 66 days |
| 10 | George Paton Smith MP | 11 July 1868 | 20 September 1869 | 1 year, 71 days |
| (9) | Morgan McDonnell MP | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | 201 days |
| (4) | Archibald Michie MP | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | 1 year, 71 days |
| 11 | Robert Walsh MP | 5 July 1871 | 10 June 1872 | 341 days |
| 12 | James Stephen MP | 10 June 1872 | 1 May 1874 | 1 year, 325 days |
| 13 | George Kerferd MP | 2 May 1874 | 7 August 1875 | 1 year, 97 days |
| 14 | Robert Le Poer Trench^ | 9 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 72 days |
| (13) | George Kerferd MP | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 213 days |
| (14) | Robert Le Poer Trench^ | 22 May 1877 | 27 March 1878 | 309 days |
| 15 | Bryan O'Loghlen MP | 27 March 1878 | 5 March 1880 | 1 year, 344 days |
| (13) | George Kerferd MP | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 151 days |
| 16 | William Vale MP | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 340 days |
| (15) | Bryan O'Loghlen MP | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days |
| (13) | George Kerferd MP | 8 March 1883 | 1 January 1886 | 2 years, 299 days |
| 17 | Henry Wrixon MP | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 260 days |
| 18 | William Shiels MP | 5 November 1890 | 16 February 1892 | 1 year, 103 days |
| 19 | John Gavan Duffy MP | 16 February 1892 | 28 April 1892 | 72 days |
| (18) | William Shiels MP | 28 April 1892 | 23 January 1893 | 270 days |
| (15) | Bryan O'Loghlen MP | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 247 days |
| 20 | Isaac Isaacs MP | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 69 days |
| 21 | William Irvine MP | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 349 days |
| (20) | Isaac Isaacs MP | 19 November 1900 | 4 June 1901 | 197 days |
| 22 | Samuel Gillott MP | 4 June 1901 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 6 days |

## Post-federation

| Order | MP | Party affiliation | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| (21) | William Irvine MP | Reform | 10 June 1902 | 7 September 1903 | 1 year, 89 days |
| 23 | John Mark Davies MLC | Reform | 7 September 1903 | 8 January 1909 | 5 years, 123 days |
| 24 | James Drysdale Brown MLC | Commonwealth Liberal | 8 January 1909 | 9 December 1913 | 4 years, 335 days |
| 25 | William Evans MLC | Labor | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 13 days |
| 26 | Donald Mackinnon MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | 1 year, 322 days |
| 27 | Harry Lawson MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days |
| 28 | Agar Wynne MP | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | 112 days |
| (27) | Harry Lawson MP | Nationalist | 21 March 1918 | 21 October 1919 | 1 year, 214 days |
| 29 | Arthur Robinson MLC | Nationalist | 21 October 1919 | 11 July 1924 | 4 years, 264 days |
| 30 | Henry Cohen MLC | Nationalist | 11 July 1924 | 18 July 1924 | 7 days |
| 31 | Bill Slater MP | Labor | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days |
| 32 | Frederic Eggleston MP | Nationalist | 18 November 1924 | 28 April 1927 | 2 years, 161 days |
| 33 | John Allan MP | Country | 28 April 1927 | 20 May 1927 | 22 days |
| (31) | Bill Slater MP | Labor | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days |
| 34 | Ian Macfarlan MP | Nationalist | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 20 days |
| (31) | Bill Slater MP | Labor | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 159 days |
| 35 | Robert Menzies MP | United Australia Party | 19 May 1932 | 25 July 1934 | 2 years, 67 days |
| (34) | Ian Macfarlan MP | United Australia Party | 25 July 1934 | 2 April 1935 | 251 days |
| 36 | Albert Bussau MP | United Country | 2 April 1935 | 18 April 1938 | 3 years, 16 days |
| 37 | Henry Bailey MP | United Country | 26 April 1938 | 14 September 1943 | 5 years, 141 days |
| (31) | Bill Slater MP | Labor | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | 4 days |
| (34) | Ian Macfarlan MP | United Australia Party | 18 September 1943 | 21 November 1945 | 2 years, 64 days |
| (31) | Bill Slater MP | Labor | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | 1 year, 364 days |
| 38 | Trevor Oldham MP | Liberal | 20 November 1947 | 27 June 1950 | 2 years, 219 days |
| 39 | Tom Mitchell MP | Country | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 123 days |
| 40 | Thomas Hollway MP | Electoral Reform League | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 3 days |
| (39) | Tom Mitchell MP | Country | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 47 days |
| (31) | Bill Slater MLC | Labor | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | 2 years, 172 days |
| 41 | William Leggatt MP | Liberal Country Party | 7 June 1955 | 8 June 1955 | 1 day |
| 42 | Arthur Rylah MP | Liberal Country Party | 8 June 1955 | 9 May 1967 | 11 years, 335 days |
| 43 | George Reid MP | Liberal Country Party | 9 May 1967 | 30 May 1973 | 6 years, 21 days |
| 44 | Vernon Wilcox MP | Liberal | 30 May 1973 | 31 March 1976 | 2 years, 306 days |
| 45 | Alan Hunt MLC | Liberal | 31 March 1976 | 6 May 1976 | 36 days |
| 46 | Haddon Storey MLC | Liberal | 6 May 1976 | 8 April 1982 | 5 years, 337 days |
| 47 | John Cain MP | Labor | 8 April 1982 | 8 September 1983 | 1 year, 153 days |
| 48 | Jim Kennan MLC | Labor | 8 September 1983 | 14 December 1987 | 4 years, 97 days |
| 49 | Andrew McCutcheon MP | Labor | 14 December 1987 | 2 April 1990 | 2 years, 109 days |
| (48) | Jim Kennan MP | Labor | 2 April 1990 | 6 October 1992 | 2 years, 187 days |
| 50 | Jan Wade MP | Liberal | 6 October 1992 | 20 October 1999 | 7 years, 14 days |
| 51 | Rob Hulls MP | Labor | 20 October 1999 | 2 December 2010 | 11 years, 43 days |
| 52 | Robert Clark MP | Liberal | 2 December 2010 | 4 December 2014 | 4 years, 2 days |
| 53 | Martin Pakula MP | Labor | 4 December 2014 | 29 November 2018 | 3 years, 360 days |
| 54 | Jill Hennessy MP | Labor | 29 November 2018 | 16 December 2020 | 2 years, 17 days |
| 55 | Jaclyn Symes MLC | Labor | 22 December 2020 | 19 December 2024 | 3 years, 363 days |
| 56 | Sonya Kilkenny MP | Labor | 19 December 2024 | Incumbent | 0 days |