List of judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland

Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Queensland, as of February 2019,[1][2] include:

PositionNameAppointment
commenced
Appointment
ended
Term in officeCommentsNotes
Chief JusticeJames Cockle21 February 186324 June 187916 years, 123 daysDied 27 January 1895
Charles Lilley25 June 187913 March 189313 years, 261 daysDied 20 August 1897
Samuel Griffith13 March 18934 October 190310 years, 205 daysAppointed Chief Justice of Australia, died 9 August 1920
Pope Cooper21 October 190331 March 1922 [a]18 years, 161 daysDied 30 August 1923
Thomas McCawley1 April 192216 April 19253 years, 15 daysDied in office
James Blair24 April 192516 May 194015 years, 22 daysDied 18 November 1944
Hugh Macrossan [b]17 May 194023 June 194037 daysDied in office
William Webb27 June 194015 May 19465 years, 322 daysAppointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972
Neal Macrossan [b]23 April 194630 December 19559 years, 251 daysDied in office
Alan Mansfield9 February 195621 February 196610 years, 12 daysAppointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980
William Mack24 February 196612 May 19715 years, 77 daysDied 26 July 1979
Mostyn Hanger13 May 197118 July 19776 years, 66 daysDied 11 August 1980
Charles Wanstall19 July 197717 February 19824 years, 213 daysDied 17 October 1999
Walter Campbell18 February 19827 July 19853 years, 139 daysAppointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004
Dormer Andrews8 July 19857 April 19893 years, 273 daysDied 28 July 2004
John Macrossan [b]10 April 198916 February 19988 years, 312 daysDied 5 August 2008
Paul de Jersey17 February 19988 July 201416 years, 141 daysAppointed Governor of Queensland
Tim Carmody8 July 20141 July 2015358 daysChief Magistrate, Magistrates Court (2013-2014)
Judge, District Court (Qld) (2013-2014)
Judge, Family Court of Australia (2003-2008)
Catherine Holmes11 September 201519 March 20226 years, 189 days[5]
Helen Bowskill19 March 20222 years, 87 days
Acting Chief JusticeHugh Fraser1 July 201524 July 201523 days
President, Court of AppealTony Fitzgerald16 December 199130 June 19986 years, 196 days
Margaret McMurdo [c]30 July 199824 March 201718 years, 237 days
Walter Sofronoff3 April 201720 May 20227 years, 72 days
Debra Mullins20 May 20222 years, 25 days
Judge of AppealCecil Pincus16 January 19913 March 200110 years, 46 daysDied 16 October 2014
Bruce McPherson12 December 199123 September 200614 years, 285 daysDied 7 October 2013
Geoffrey Davies16 December 199111 February 200513 years, 57 days
James Thomas30 July 199822 March 20023 years, 235 days
Glen Williams14 December 200023 January 20087 years, 40 days
Catherine Holmes26 May 200610 September 20159 years, 107 days[5][6]
John Muir12 July 200727 December 20147 years, 168 daysDied 10 February 2018
Hugh Fraser25 January 200816 July 202214 years, 172 days
Margaret White15 April 20103 June 20133 years, 49 days
Robert Gotterson AO27 April 201228 December 20197 years, 245 days
Phillip Morrison1 August 201310 years, 318 days
Anthe Philippides18 December 201423 April 20216 years, 130 daysPresident of the Land Appeal Court,
Judge and President of the Mental Health Court [7]
Philip McMurdo [c]24 November 20158 years, 203 days
John Bond27 April 20213 years, 48 days
Jean Dalton21 May 20222 years, 24 days
Peter Flanagan16 July 20221 year, 334 days
Additional Judge of AppealMargaret Wilson10 February 20112012 1 year[8]
Senior Puisne Judge [d]Pope CooperOctober 189520 October 19037 years, 354 daysAppointed Chief Justice
Patrick Real13 November 190331 March 1922 [a]18 years, 138 daysDied 10 June 1928
Hugh Macrossan [b]1 December 192617 May 194013 years, 168 daysDied in office
William Webb17 May 194026 June 194040 daysAppointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972
Neal Macrossan [b]1 July 194022 April 19465 years, 295 daysDied in office
Alan Mansfield20 March 19478 February 19568 years, 325 daysAppointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980
Roslyn Philp9 February 195619 March 19659 years, 38 daysDied in office
Joseph Sheehy15 April 196514 April 19704 years, 364 daysDied 22 September 1971
Mostyn Hanger15 April 197012 May 19711 year, 27 daysDied 11 August 1980
Norton Stable19 July 197722 October 19792 years, 95 daysDied 12 May 1989
Geoffrey Lucas15 November 197917 February 19822 years, 94 daysDied 28 November 1992
Dormer Andrews18 February 19827 July 19853 years, 139 daysDied 28 July 2004
Jack Kelly8 July 198524 September 19905 years, 78 daysDied 20 April 1999
Bruce McPherson25 September 199011 December 19911 year, 77 daysDied 7 October 2013
Martin Moynihan16 December 199124 August 200715 years, 251 daysDied 2 April 2017
Senior Judge Administrator [d]John Byrne24 August 200723 August 20179 years, 364 days
Ann Lyons24 August 201723 August 20213 years, 364 days
Helen Bowskill24 August 202118 March 2022206 days
Glenn Martin18 March 20220 days
Judge at Moreton Bay [e]Samuel Milford21 January 185614 February 18593 years, 24 days[11]
Alfred Lutwyche15 February 18597 August 18612 years, 173 daysAppointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland.[12]
JudgeAlfred Lutwyche7 August 186112 June 188018 years, 310 daysPreviously resident judge at Moreton Bay. Died in office[12]
Edmund Sheppard17 July 187422 December 18828 years, 158 daysDied in office
Charles Lilley4 July 187413 March 189318 years, 252 daysDied 20 August 1897
George Harding14 July 187931 August 18856 years, 48 daysDied in office
Ratcliffe Pring11 November 188025 March 18854 years, 134 daysDied in office
Pope Cooper5 January 188331 March 1922 [a]39 years, 85 daysDied 30 August 1923
Charles Mein17 April 188530 June 18905 years, 74 daysDied in office
Charles Chubb2 December 188931 March 1922 [a]32 years, 119 daysDied 27 February 1930
Patrick Real18 July 189031 March 1922 [a]31 years, 256 daysDied 10 June 1928
Virgil Power20 December 189520 December 191015 years, 0 daysDied 2 June 1914
William Shand3 November 190830 June 192516 years, 239 daysDied 4 March 1942
Lionel Lukin26 July 191018 July 192615 years, 357 daysSubsequently appointed to the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, died 1 June 1944
Thomas McCawley12 October 191716 April 19257 years, 186 daysDied in office
James Blair1 April 192216 May 194018 years, 45 daysDied 18 November 1944
Allan MacNaughton1 April 192221 March 19296 years, 354 daysDied 8 May 1937
Charles Jameson 1 April 192216 December 1922259 daysDied 28 June 1936
Thomas O'Sullivan1 April 192215 December 19264 years, 258 daysDied 22 February 1953
Robert Douglas24 January 192313 April 195330 years, 79 daysDied 24 December 1972
William Webb24 April 192515 May 194621 years, 21 daysAppointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972
Frank Brennan1 July 19256 August 194924 years, 36 daysDied in office
Hugh Macrossan [b]23 July 192623 June 194013 years, 336 daysDied in office
John Woolcock1 February 192718 January 19291 year, 352 daysDied in office
Charles Stumm6 February 192928 February 192922 daysDied in office
Edward Douglas22 March 192927 August 194718 years, 158 daysDied in office
Hereward Henchman5 March 192925 April 193910 years, 51 daysDied in office
Roslyn Philp4 May 193919 March 196525 years, 319 daysDied in office
Alan Mansfield17 May 194021 February 196625 years, 280 daysAppointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980
Neal Macrossan [b]27 June 194030 December 195515 years, 186 daysDied in office
Benjamin Matthews25 April 194621 December 196115 years, 240 daysDied 5 June 1974
Edwin Stanley6 February 194730 October 196417 years, 267 daysDied 23 May 1993
Joseph Sheehy2 September 194714 April 197022 years, 224 daysDied 22 September 1971
Kenneth Townley8 August 194930 July 196212 years, 356 daysDied 28 August 1981
William Mack20 July 195012 May 197120 years, 296 daysDied 26 July 1979
Thomas O'Hagan16 October 195218 July 19585 years, 275 daysDied in office
Thomas Barry20 November 19523 February 19552 years, 75 daysDied 20 October 1970
Mostyn Hanger23 July 195318 July 197723 years, 360 daysDied 11 August 1980
Leslie Brown10 February 195512 December 19616 years, 305 daysDied in office
Bernard Jeffriess2 February 195610 July 19659 years, 158 daysDied 16 November 1969
Charles Wanstall27 February 195817 February 198223 years, 355 daysDied 17 October 1999
Norton Stable24 July 195822 October 197921 years, 90 daysDied 12 May 1989
Harry Gibbs8 June 196124 June 19676 years, 16 daysAppointed to the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, then High Court of Australia in 1970, including as Chief Justice of Australia 1981. Died 25 June 2005
Russell Skerman9 August 196221 September 197311 years, 43 daysDied 24 February 1983
Geoffrey Lucas18 November 196317 February 198218 years, 91 daysDied 23 November 1992
Graham Hart11 February 196318 April 197411 years, 66 daysDied in office
James Douglas11 February 19652 February 198418 years, 356 daysDied in office
Douglas Campbell11 February 19654 August 198520 years, 174 daysDied 12 July 2003
Marcus Hoare12 May 19663 March 198013 years, 296 daysDied 11 July 1999
Walter Campbell1 August 19677 July 198517 years, 340 daysAppointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004
Ronald Matthews14 August 196710 February 198921 years, 180 daysDied 2 July 1998
George Kneipp6 November 196913 November 199223 years, 7 daysDied 15 February 1993
Dormer Andrews13 May 19717 April 198917 years, 329 daysDied 28 July 2004
Edward Williams 13 May 197117 February 198412 years, 280 daysDied 10 January 1999
Jack Kelly25 September 197324 September 199016 years, 364 daysDied 20 April 1999
James Dunn30 April 197429 March 19838 years, 333 daysDied in office
Charles Sheahan20 January 197725 January 19858 years, 5 daysDied 30 November 1997
Peter Connolly31 October 197729 September 199012 years, 333 daysDied 3 May 2009
Alan Demack16 January 197819 May 200022 years, 124 days
John Macrossan [b]4 February 198016 February 19988 years, 312 daysDied 5 August 2008
Bruce McPherson28 January 198223 September 200624 years, 238 daysDied 7 October 2013
Glen Williams3 December 198223 January 200825 years, 51 days
Desmond Derrington3 December 19824 April 200017 years, 123 days
James Thomas18 February 198222 March 200220 years, 32 days
Tom Shepherdson18 February 198210 March 200018 years, 21 daysDied 27 October 2015
William Carter12 May 198331 May 19907 years, 19 days
Kevin Ryan13 February 198415 April 199410 years, 61 daysDied 18 November 2009
Angelo Vasta13 February 19848 June 19895 years, 115 daysRemoved from office by Parliament. Died 29 September 2021[13][14]
Martin Moynihan13 February 198424 August 200723 years, 192 daysDied 2 April 2017
Paul de Jersey4 February 19858 July 201429 years, 154 daysAppointed Governor of Queensland
John Dowsett29 July 198513 September 199813 years, 46 daysAppointed to the Federal Court
Brian Ambrose8 July 198511 September 200318 years, 65 daysDied 31 December 2015
Richard Cooper2 February 198930 March 19923 years, 57 daysAppointed to the Federal Court, died 15 March 2005
William Lee20 February 198930 April 199910 years, 69 days
Kenneth Mackenzie10 April 19898 December 200819 years, 242 days[15]
John Byrne25 July 198923 August 201728 years, 29 days
Margaret White2 April 19923 June 201321 years, 62 days
Susan Kiefel16 June 199316 October 19941 year, 122 daysAppointed to the Federal Court
Henry George Fryberg23 September 199428 November 201319 years, 66 days[16]
John Helman16 December 19941 July 200712 years, 197 days
John Muir4 April 199727 December 201417 years, 267 daysDied 10 February 2018
Stanley Jones AO2 October 19979 September 201113 years, 342 days[17]
Margaret Wilson21 August 199811 April 201415 years, 233 days[8]
Roslyn Atkinson AO3 September 199829 November 201820 years, 87 daysChair, Law Reform Commission
Anthe Philippides14 December 200023 years, 183 daysPresident, Land Appeal Court
Judge and President, Mental Health Court
Catherine Holmes16 March 200024 years, 90 daysJudge, Mental Health Court (2000–04)
Acting Judge, District Court (Qld) (1999)
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Debra Mullins16 March 200024 years, 90 daysCriminal List Judge
Peter Dutney16 March 20004 September 20099 years, 172 daysDied in office
James Douglas27 November 200320 years, 200 days
Philip McMurdo [c]3 March 200321 years, 103 days
Ann Lyons7 July 200617 years, 343 days
Duncan McMeekin15 October 200723 April 201810 years, 190 days(Central Judge, Rockhampton)
Land Appeal Court (Central Division)
Martin Daubney AM13 July 200716 years, 337 daysPresident QCAT (2017-)
Glenn Martin AM30 August 200716 years, 289 days
Peter Applegarth28 August 200815 years, 291 days
Alan Wilson27 October 200927 March 20155 years, 151 daysPresident, QCAT (2009-2013)
David Boddice2 July 201013 years, 348 days
Jean Dalton25 February 201113 years, 110 daysMental Health Court
David North18 July 201112 years, 332 days(Northern Judge Townsville) Mental Health Court
David Thomas18 July 201128 June 20175 years, 345 days(Northern Judge Townsville)
President Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal QCAT (2013 – 2017)
President Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2017)
appointed as a Judge of the Federal Court
James Henry12 September 201112 years, 276 days(Far North, Cairns), Land Appeal Court (Far Northern Division)[18]
David Jackson8 October 201211 years, 250 days
Martin Burns18 December 20149 years, 179 days
Peter Flanagan27 July 20149 years, 323 days
Tim Carmody8 July 20149 years, 342 daysChief Magistrate, Magistrates Court (2013-2014)
Judge, District Court (Qld) (2013-2014)
Judge, Family Court of Australia (2003-2008)
John Bond19 March 20159 years, 87 days
Susan Brown16 December 20167 years, 181 days
Peter Davis16 October 20176 years, 242 days
Helen Bowskill10 July 20176 years, 340 daysJudge, District Court (Qld) (2014-2017)
Graeme Crow26 February 20186 years, 109 days(Central Judge, Rockhampton)
Soraya Ryan9 March 20186 years, 97 days
Elizabeth Wilson3 December 20185 years, 194 days[19]
Thomas Bradley3 December 20185 years, 194 days[19]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Pope Cooper, Patrick Real and Charles Chubb were compulsorily retired as a result of the Judges Retirement Act 1921 (Qld),[3][4]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Brothers Hugh and Neal Macrossan as well as their nephew John Macrossan were all appointed Chief Justice
  3. ^ a b c Philip McMurdo is the husband of Margaret McMurdo, the former President of the Court of Appeal.
  4. ^ a b In 1995 the position of Senior Puisne Judge was renamed Senior Judge Administrator.[9]
  5. ^ Prior to the separation of the Moreton Bay district of New South Wales into the independent colony of Queensland, the Supreme Court of New South Wales was the superior court in the District. A judge was resident at Moreton Bay from 1856 and a local division of the court, named the Supreme Court at Moreton Bay, was established in 1857,[10] and existed until the Supreme Court of Queensland was created in 1861.

References

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  1. ^ "Judges". Supreme Court (Qld). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Judicial profiles". Supreme Court Library (Qld). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ McPherson, BH (1989). The Supreme Court of Queensland 1859-1960. Butterworths. pp. 287–291 & 299–305. ISBN 0409494445.
  4. ^ Aroney, N. "Politics, Law and the Constitution in McCawley's Case". (2006) 30(3) Melbourne University Law Review 605.
  5. ^ a b c "Attorney-General's comments at the swearing in of Chief Justice Catherine Holmes". Qld.gov.au. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Swearing in of the Hon Justice Catherine Holmes as a Judge of Appeal" (PDF). 26 May 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2018. [2006] Queensland Judicial Scholarship 35.
  7. ^ https://www.sclqld.org.au/judicial-papers/judicial-profiles/profiles/aiphilippides
  8. ^ a b "Wilson, Margaret". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  9. ^ Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1995 (Qld).
  10. ^ Moreton Bay Supreme Court Act 1857 (NSW)
  11. ^ "Samuel Frederick Milford". NSW State Archives & Records.
  12. ^ a b Howell, P.A. "Lutwyche, Alfred James (1810–1880)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
  13. ^ Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee. "Honourable Angelo Vasta (Reversal of Removal) Bill 2017" (PDF). Parliament.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  14. ^ Publisher, Online News (29 September 2021). "former judge Angelo Vasta dies". Herbert River Online News. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  15. ^ "The Honourable Kenneth Mackenzie QC". Supreme Court Library, Queensland. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  16. ^ de Jersey, The Honourable Paul. "Speech delivered at the valedictory ceremony upon the retirement of the Honourable Justice H G Fryberg" (PDF). [2013] Queensland Judicial Scholarship 46.
  17. ^ "Judicial profiles". Supreme Court Library (Qld). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Swearing-In of Mr James Dawson Henry S.C." Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  19. ^ a b Holmes, The Hon Chief Justice Catherine. "Welcome ceremony for the Hon Justice Elizabeth Wilson and the Hon Thomas Bradley as Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland" (PDF). [2019] Queensland Judicial Scholarship 2

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