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]
| Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory | |
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| Justice and Community Safety Directorate | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory |
| Seat | Canberra |
| Nominator | Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory |
| Appointer | ACT Legislative Assembly |
| Formation | 18 May 1989 |
| First holder | Rosemary Follett |
| Deputy | ACT Government Solicitor |
| Website | www |
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Shane Rattenbury, MLA, a representative of the ACT Greens, became Attorney General on 3 November 2020.
List of attorneys-general edit
| #[2] | Name | Took office | Left office | Timespan | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosemary Follett | 18 May 1989 | 14 December 1989 | 210 days | Labor |
| 2 | Bernard Collaery | 14 December 1989 | 18 June 1991 | 1 year, 186 days | Residents Rally |
| 3 | Terry Connolly | 18 June 1991 | 17 March 1995 | 3 years, 272 days | Labor |
| 4 | Gary Humphries | 17 March 1995 | 15 December 2000 | 5 years, 273 days | Liberal |
| 5 | Bill Stefaniak | 15 December 2000 | 14 November 2001 | 334 days | Liberal |
| 6 | Jon Stanhope | 14 November 2001 | 18 April 2006 | 5 years, 158 days | Labor |
| 7 | Simon Corbell | 18 April 2006 | 31 October 2016 | 10 years, 196 days | Labor |
| 8 | Gordon Ramsay | 31 October 2016 | 3 November 2020 | 4 years, 3 days | Labor |
| 9 | Shane Rattenbury | 4 November 2020 | incumbent | currently 3 years, 158 days | Greens |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Commonwealth Consolidated Acts - AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988 - SECT 3". AustLII. Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ O'Neill, Patrick. "Australian Capital Territory Attorneys-General 1989+". List of Australian Attorneys-General. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2015.