| Crown Solicitor of South Australia | |
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Incumbent since November 2021Ingrid Norman | |
| Attorney-General's Department | |
| Inaugural holder | Charles Mann |
| Formation | 1837 |
| Website | Attorney-General's Department (South Australia) |
The Crown Solicitor of South Australia provides legal services to South Australian government Ministers, agencies and departments.
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.