Duncan Kerr

Duncan Kerr
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Denison
In office
11 July 1987 (1987-07-11) – 19 July 2010 (2010-07-19)
Preceded byMichael Hodgman
Succeeded byAndrew Wilkie
Attorney-General of Australia
In office
1 April 1993 (1993-04-01) – 27 April 1993 (1993-04-27)
Preceded byMichael Duffy
Succeeded byMichael Lavarch
Minister for Justice
In office
24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) – 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
Preceded byMichael Tate
Succeeded byDaryl Williams
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
In office
10 May 2012 (2012-05-10) – 25 February 2022 (2022-02-25)
Personal details
Born (1952-02-26) 26 February 1952 (age 72)
Hobart, Tasmania
NationalityAustralian citizenship
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania
OccupationJudge
ProfessionBarrister, Politician, Judge
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Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr, SC (born 26 February 1952[1]) is a barrister. He is a former justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He also served as President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 2012 to 2017.

Kerr was previously a politician, as the Labor member for Denison in the Australian House of Representatives, serving between 1987 and 2010. He was Minister for Justice between 1993 and 1996, and in 1993 briefly also Attorney-General of Australia.

  1. ^ "The Hon Duncan Kerr SC, MP". Senators and Members. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2013.