The Crown Solicitor of South Australia provides legal services to South Australian government Ministers, agencies and departments.
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.
In the early days of the colony the titles of Advocate-General, Crown Solicitor and Public Prosecutor were bestowed together. That changed in 1850 due to the ill-health of then Advocate-General, William Smillie. As a consequence of Smillie's ill-health, the position of Crown Solicitor was given to
Charles Mann. Mann briefly held the title of Acting Advocate-General before resigning that position in favour of
Richard Hanson. Hanson became South Australia's last Advocate-General and the provinces first Attorney-General in the inaugural Parliament in 1857.
Since 1850, the position of Crown Solicitor has been a public sector employee. The current Crown Solicitor of South Australia, as of 8 November 2021, is Ingrid Norman.
List of Advocates-General of South Australia (1837 to 1851)
List of Crown Solicitors of South Australia (1851 to 2021)
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Charles Mann , , 1837–38
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George Milner Stephen , , 1838
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, , Robert Bernard, , 1838–40
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, , William Smillie , , 1840–52
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, , William Bartley (Acting), , 1849–50
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Charles Mann , , 1850–56
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William Alfred Wearing QC , , 1856–67
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William Bakewell , , 1867–70
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Richard Bullock Andrews QC , , 1870–81
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Charles Mann QC , , 1881–89
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, , James Martin Stuart , , 1889–1905
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Charles James Dashwood KC , , 1905–16
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, , Frederick William Richards KC , , 1916–27
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Albert James Hannan
Albert James Hannan QC (27 July 1887 – 1 January 1965) was a lawyer who was Crown Solicitor for South Australia for 25 years .
History
He was born in Port Pirie, the eldest son of Francis Augustine "Frank" Hannan (1850 – 5 January 1931) an ...
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, , Reginald Roderick St Clair Chamberlain KC , , 1952–59
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, , Joseph Reginald Kearnan QC , , 1959–68
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, , William Andrew Noye Wells QC , , 1968–69
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, , Ralph Meyrick Hague , , 1969–70
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, , Leslie Kenneth Gordon , , 1970–76
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, , Graham Clifton Prior QC , , 1976–84
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Catherine Margaret Branson QC , , 1984–89
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Bradley Maxwell Selway QC , , 1989–96
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, , Michael Walter QC , , 1996–2004
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, , Simon Stretton SC , , 2004–10
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, , Gregory Parker , , 2010–13
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, , Michael Evans QC , , 2015–16
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, , Judith Hughes , , 2016–17
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, , Michael Wait SC , , 2018–20
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, , Laura Stein , , 2020–21
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, Ingrid Norman
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