Attorney-General of South Australia
Introduction The '''attorney-general of South Australia''' is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for that state's system of law and justice. The attorney-general must be a qualified legal practitioner, although this was not always the case.The attorney-general oversees the '''Attorney-General's Department'''. The current attorney-general since March 2022 is Kyam Maher , a member of the South Australian Labor Party.
List of Advocates-General of South Australia (1837 to 1851) 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.Advocate-GeneralTime in Office Charles Mann  1837–38 George Milner Stephen  1838 Robert Bernard  1838–40 William Smillie   1840–52 William Bartley (Acting)  1849–50 Charles Mann (Acting)  1850–51 Richard Davies Hanson   1851–57
List of attorneys-general of South Australia  Ordinal  Attorney-General  Party  Term start  Term end  Time in office  Richard Hanson   24 October 1856  21 August 1857   Edward Castres Gwynne   21 August 1857  1 September 1857   Richard Bullock Andrews   1 September 1857  30 September 1857   Richard Hanson   30 September 1857  9 May 1860   Henry Strangways   9 May 1860  20 May 1861   Randolph Isham Stow   20 May 1861  8 October 1861   Henry Gawler   8 October 1861  17 October 1861   Randolph Isham Stow   17 October 1861  4 July 1863   Richard Bullock Andrews   4 July 1863  22 July 1864   Randolph Isham Stow   22 July 1864  22 March 1865   Richard Bullock Andrews   22 March 1865  23 October 1865  7  James Boucaut   23 October 1865  3 May 1867   Richard Bullock Andrews   3 May 1867  24 September 1868  8  John Tuthill Bagot   24 September 1868  13 October 1868   Richard Bullock Andrews   13 October 1868  3 Nov 1868   Henry Strangways   3 Nov 1868  30 May 1870  9  Richard Baker   30 May 1870  21 July 1871  10  Charles Mann   21 July 1871  22 January 1872   James Boucaut   22 January 1872  4 March 1872  11  George Stevenson   4 March 1872  22 July 1873   Charles Mann   22 July 1873  3 June 1875  12  Samuel Way   3 June 1875  23 March 1876  Henry Gawler   23 March 1876  25 March 1876  Charles Mann   25 March 1876  6 June 1876  13  John Cox Bray   6 June 1876  26 October 1877   Charles Mann   26 October 1877  27 September 1878  14  William Bundey   27 September 1878  10 March 1881  15  Josiah Symon   10 March 1881  24 June 1881  16  John Downer   24 June 1881  16 June 1884  17  Charles Kingston   16 June 1884  16 June 1885   John Downer   16 June 1885  11 June 1887   Charles Kingston   11 June 1887  27 June 1889  18  Beaumont Moulden   27 June 1889  19 March 1890  19  Frederick Turner   31 March 1890  2 May 1890  20  Henry Downer   2 May 1890  19 August 1890  21  Robert Homburg   19 August 1890  21 June 1892  22  William Stock   21 June 1892  15 October 1892   Robert Homburg   15 October 1892  16 June 1893   Charles Kingston   16 June 1893  1 December 1899  23  Paddy Glynn   1 December 1899  8 December 1899  24  John Hannah Gordon   8 December 1899  2 December 1903  25  Louis von Doussa   2 December 1903  4 July 1904   Robert Homburg   4 July 1904  24 February 1905  26  James R. Anderson   1 March 1905  26 July 1905  27  Archibald Peake  Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU)  26 July 1905  5 June 1909  28  Samuel Mitchell  LDU  5 June 1909  22 December 1909  29  Hermann Homburg  LDU  22 December 1909  3 June 1910  30  Bill Denny  United Labor  3 June 1910  17 February 1912   Hermann Homburg  Liberal Union  17 February 1912  21 January 1915  31  Herbert Angas Parsons  Liberal Union  21 January 1915  3 April 1915  32  John Vaughan  United Labor/Nationals  3 April 1915  14 July 1917  33  Henry Barwell  Liberal Union  14 July 1917  27 August 1917   Archibald Peake  Liberal Union  27 August 1917  29 April 1918   Henry Barwell  Liberal Union  29 April 1918  16 April 1924   Bill Denny  Labor  16 April 1924  8 April 1927   Hermann Homburg  Liberal Federation  8 April 1927  17 April 1930   Bill Denny  Labor  17 April 1930  18 April 1933  34  Shirley Jeffries  Liberal and Country League (LCL)  18 April 1933  6 May 1944  35  Charles Abbott  LCL  15 May 1944  17 April 1946  36  Reginald Rudall  LCL  17 April 1946  1 January 1955  37  Thomas Playford IV  LCL  6 January 1955  6 April 1955  38  Colin Rowe  LCL  6 April 1955  10 March 1965  39  Don Dunstan  Labor  10 March 1965  16 April 1968  40  Robin Millhouse  LCL  17 April 1968  1 June 1970  41  Len King  Labor  2 June 1970  20 June 1975   Don Dunstan  Labor  20 June 1975  9 October 1975  42  Peter Duncan  Labor  9 October 1975  15 March 1979  43  Don Banfield  Labor  15 March 1979  1 May 1979  44  Chris Sumner  Labor  1 May 1979  18 September 1979  45  Trevor Griffin  Liberal  18 September 1979  10 November 1982   Chris Sumner  Labor  10 November 1982  14 December 1993   Trevor Griffin  Liberal  14 December 1993  4 December 2001  46  Robert Lawson  Liberal  4 December 2001  5 March 2002  47  Michael Atkinson  Labor  5 March 2002  30 June 2003  48  Paul Holloway  Labor  30 June 2003  29 August 2003   Michael Atkinson  Labor  29 August 2003  25 March 2010  49  John Rau  Labor  25 March 2010  19 March 2018    50  Vickie Chapman '''1st female'''  Liberal  19 March 2018  21 March 2022 51  Kyam Maher  Labor  24 March 2022  ''incumbent''
See also * Justice ministry* Government of South Australia
References *  Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 – 2007*  List of Australian Attorneys-General (Australian Parliamentary Library)*  Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia (Parliament of South Australia)