Paul de Jersey, (born 21 September 1948) is an Australian jurist who served as the 26th
governor of Queensland
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, in office from 29 July 2014 to 1 November 2021. He was
Chief Justice of Queensland
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from 1998 to 2014.
Education
De Jersey was educated at
Anglican Church Grammar School
The Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS), formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie, is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, ...
(1961–1965) and the
University of Queensland
, mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work
, established =
, endowment = A$224.3 million
, budget = A$2.1 billion
, type = Public research university
, chancellor = Peter Varghese
, vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry
, city = B ...
. He graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts
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and a
Bachelor of Laws
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with Honours in 1971. He was part of the
Queensland University Regiment from 1966 to 1971 and was commissioned in 1969.
Career
De Jersey practiced law in Queensland and was called to the Queensland Bar in 1971. He took silk in 1981 as a
Queen's Counsel
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.
At the
bar
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, De Jersey practiced in the commercial field; appeared in constitutional cases before the High Court of Australia, and also appeared before the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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. He was appointed a judge of the
Supreme Court of Queensland
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The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court allows its trial division to he ...
in 1985 and was the commercial causes judge between 1986 and 1989. He was the judge constituting the
Mental Health Tribunal
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between 1994 and 1996, the president of the
Queensland Industrial Court between 1996 and 1997, and the chairman of the
Law Reform Commission of Queensland
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from 1996 to 1997.
De Jersey was appointed Chief Justice of Queensland on 17 February 1998. He has been the
chancellor
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of the
Anglican Diocese of Brisbane
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since 1991. He was also the vice president of the
Australian Cancer Society between 1995 and 1998 and its president between 1998 and 2001, a trustee of the National Breast Cancer Foundation between 1994 and 1999, and the chairman of the Queensland Cancer Fund (now
The Cancer Council Queensland) between 1994 and 2001.
Governor of Queensland
De Jersey became the 26th
Governor of Queensland
The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the monarch of Australia. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governor Governors of the Australian states, performs c ...
on 29 July 2014.
[ On the retirement of ]Alex Chernov
Alex Chernov, (born 12 May 1938) is an Australian lawyer, judge and barrister who served as the 28th Governor of Victoria, from 2011 to 2015. Chernov also served as Vice-President of the Australian Bar Association, from 1986 to 1987, President ...
as Governor of Victoria
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on 1 July 2015, de Jersey became the longest-serving sitting governor of an Australian state and by custom assumed the additional office of Administrator of the Commonwealth who exercises the powers of the Governor-General of Australia
The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.[Jeannette Young
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, his successor, to focus on the COVID-19 vaccine
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rollout as Chief Health Officer, before taking up the role of governor.
Personal life
De Jersey married Kaye Brown in 1971. Together they have three children and three grandchildren.
Titles, styles, and honours
De Jersey's style and title as governor in full is: ''His Excellency The Honourable Paul de Jersey, Companion of the Order of Australia, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight of Grace of the Order of St John, Queen's Counsel, Governor of the State of Queensland in the Commonwealth of Australia.''
* As Administrator: ''His Excellency The Honourable Paul de Jersey, Companion of the Order of Australia, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight of Grace of the Order of St John, Queen's Counsel, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia.
*Life Member of the Bar Association of Queensland
Bar or BAR may refer to:
Food and drink
* Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages
* Candy bar
* Chocolate bar
Science and technology
* Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment
* Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud
* Bar ( ...
Honorary degrees
* 2000: Honorary Doctorate of the University of Queensland
, mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work
, established =
, endowment = A$224.3 million
, budget = A$2.1 billion
, type = Public research university
, chancellor = Peter Varghese
, vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry
, city = B ...
.
* 2008: Honorary Doctorate of the University of Southern Queensland
The University of Southern Queensland (branded as UniSQ and formerly branded as USQ) is a medium-sized, regional university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, with three university campuses at Toowoomba, Springfield and Ipswich. It offe ...
.
* 2014: Honorary Doctorate of the Griffith University
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.
Honorary appointments
* Australian Army
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28 July 2014-1 November 2021: Regimental Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
of the Royal Queensland Regiment
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.
* Order of St John 28 July 2014-1 November 2021: Deputy Prior of the Order of St John.
* Scouts Australia
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28 July 2014-1 November 2021: Chief Scout of Scouts Australia QLD
* 17 December 2014-1 November 2021: Honorary Air Commodore of No. 23 Squadron RAAF
No. 23 (City of Brisbane) Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is a non-flying base operations and training squadron headquartered at RAAF Base Amberley near Brisbane, Queensland. The squadron was formed in 1937 and saw action agai ...
References
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1948 births
Living people
Governors of Queensland
Chief Justices of Queensland
Companions of the Order of Australia
Australian King's Counsel
University of Queensland alumni
People educated at Anglican Church Grammar School
Recipients of the Centenary Medal
Honorary air commodores of the Royal Australian Air Force
Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland
20th-century Australian judges
21st-century Australian judges
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order