Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Queensland, as of February 2019[update],[1][2] include:
Position | Name | Appointment commenced |
Appointment ended |
Term in office | Comments | Notes |
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Chief Justice | James Cockle | 21 February 1863 | 24 June 1879 | 16 years, 123 days | Died 27 January 1895 | |
Charles Lilley | 25 June 1879 | 13 March 1893 | 13 years, 261 days | Died 20 August 1897 | ||
Samuel Griffith | 13 March 1893 | 4 October 1903 | 10 years, 205 days | Appointed Chief Justice of Australia, died 9 August 1920 | ||
Pope Cooper | 21 October 1903 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 18 years, 161 days | Died 30 August 1923 | ||
Thomas McCawley | 1 April 1922 | 16 April 1925 | 3 years, 15 days | Died in office | ||
James Blair | 24 April 1925 | 16 May 1940 | 15 years, 22 days | Died 18 November 1944 | ||
Hugh Macrossan [b] | 17 May 1940 | 23 June 1940 | 37 days | Died in office | ||
William Webb | 27 June 1940 | 15 May 1946 | 5 years, 322 days | Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972 | ||
Neal Macrossan [b] | 23 April 1946 | 30 December 1955 | 9 years, 251 days | Died in office | ||
Alan Mansfield | 9 February 1956 | 21 February 1966 | 10 years, 12 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980 | ||
William Mack | 24 February 1966 | 12 May 1971 | 5 years, 77 days | Died 26 July 1979 | ||
Mostyn Hanger | 13 May 1971 | 18 July 1977 | 6 years, 66 days | Died 11 August 1980 | ||
Charles Wanstall | 19 July 1977 | 17 February 1982 | 4 years, 213 days | Died 17 October 1999 | ||
Walter Campbell | 18 February 1982 | 7 July 1985 | 3 years, 139 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004 | ||
Dormer Andrews | 8 July 1985 | 7 April 1989 | 3 years, 273 days | Died 28 July 2004 | ||
John Macrossan [b] | 10 April 1989 | 16 February 1998 | 8 years, 312 days | Died 5 August 2008 | ||
Paul de Jersey | 17 February 1998 | 8 July 2014 | 16 years, 141 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland | ||
Tim Carmody | 8 July 2014 | 1 July 2015 | 358 days | Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court (2013-2014) Judge, District Court (Qld) (2013-2014) Judge, Family Court of Australia (2003-2008) |
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Catherine Holmes | 11 September 2015 | 19 March 2022 | 6 years, 189 days | [5] | ||
Helen Bowskill | 19 March 2022 | 2 years, 172 days | ||||
Acting Chief Justice | Hugh Fraser | 1 July 2015 | 24 July 2015 | 23 days | ||
President, Court of Appeal | Tony Fitzgerald | 16 December 1991 | 30 June 1998 | 6 years, 196 days | ||
Margaret McMurdo [c] | 30 July 1998 | 24 March 2017 | 18 years, 237 days | |||
Walter Sofronoff | 3 April 2017 | 20 May 2022 | 7 years, 157 days | |||
Debra Mullins | 20 May 2022 | 2 years, 110 days | ||||
Judge of Appeal | Cecil Pincus | 16 January 1991 | 3 March 2001 | 10 years, 46 days | Died 16 October 2014 | |
Bruce McPherson | 12 December 1991 | 23 September 2006 | 14 years, 285 days | Died 7 October 2013 | ||
Geoffrey Davies | 16 December 1991 | 11 February 2005 | 13 years, 57 days | |||
James Thomas | 30 July 1998 | 22 March 2002 | 3 years, 235 days | |||
Glen Williams | 14 December 2000 | 23 January 2008 | 7 years, 40 days | |||
Catherine Holmes | 26 May 2006 | 10 September 2015 | 9 years, 107 days | [5][6] | ||
John Muir | 12 July 2007 | 27 December 2014 | 7 years, 168 days | Died 10 February 2018 | ||
Hugh Fraser | 25 January 2008 | 16 July 2022 | 14 years, 172 days | |||
Margaret White | 15 April 2010 | 3 June 2013 | 3 years, 49 days | |||
Robert Gotterson AO | 27 April 2012 | 28 December 2019 | 7 years, 245 days | |||
Phillip Morrison | 1 August 2013 | 11 years, 37 days | ||||
Anthe Philippides | 18 December 2014 | 23 April 2021 | 6 years, 130 days | President of the Land Appeal Court, Judge and President of the Mental Health Court [7] |
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Philip McMurdo [c] | 24 November 2015 | 8 years, 288 days | ||||
John Bond | 27 April 2021 | 3 years, 133 days | ||||
Jean Dalton | 21 May 2022 | 2 years, 109 days | ||||
Peter Flanagan | 16 July 2022 | 2 years, 53 days | ||||
Additional Judge of Appeal | Margaret Wilson | 10 February 2011 | 2012 | 1 year | [8] | |
Senior Puisne Judge [d] | Pope Cooper | October 1895 | 20 October 1903 | 7 years, 354 days | Appointed Chief Justice | |
Patrick Real | 13 November 1903 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 18 years, 138 days | Died 10 June 1928 | ||
Hugh Macrossan [b] | 1 December 1926 | 17 May 1940 | 13 years, 168 days | Died in office | ||
William Webb | 17 May 1940 | 26 June 1940 | 40 days | Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972 | ||
Neal Macrossan [b] | 1 July 1940 | 22 April 1946 | 5 years, 295 days | Died in office | ||
Alan Mansfield | 20 March 1947 | 8 February 1956 | 8 years, 325 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980 | ||
Roslyn Philp | 9 February 1956 | 19 March 1965 | 9 years, 38 days | Died in office | ||
Joseph Sheehy | 15 April 1965 | 14 April 1970 | 4 years, 364 days | Died 22 September 1971 | ||
Mostyn Hanger | 15 April 1970 | 12 May 1971 | 1 year, 27 days | Died 11 August 1980 | ||
Norton Stable | 19 July 1977 | 22 October 1979 | 2 years, 95 days | Died 12 May 1989 | ||
Geoffrey Lucas | 15 November 1979 | 17 February 1982 | 2 years, 94 days | Died 28 November 1992 | ||
Dormer Andrews | 18 February 1982 | 7 July 1985 | 3 years, 139 days | Died 28 July 2004 | ||
Jack Kelly | 8 July 1985 | 24 September 1990 | 5 years, 78 days | Died 20 April 1999 | ||
Bruce McPherson | 25 September 1990 | 11 December 1991 | 1 year, 77 days | Died 7 October 2013 | ||
Martin Moynihan | 16 December 1991 | 24 August 2007 | 15 years, 251 days | Died 2 April 2017 | ||
Senior Judge Administrator [d] | John Byrne | 24 August 2007 | 23 August 2017 | 9 years, 364 days | ||
Ann Lyons | 24 August 2017 | 23 August 2021 | 3 years, 364 days | |||
Helen Bowskill | 24 August 2021 | 18 March 2022 | 206 days | |||
Glenn Martin | 18 March 2022 | 0 days | ||||
Judge at Moreton Bay [e] | Samuel Milford | 21 January 1856 | 14 February 1859 | 3 years, 24 days | [11] | |
Alfred Lutwyche | 15 February 1859 | 7 August 1861 | 2 years, 173 days | Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. | [12] | |
Judge | Alfred Lutwyche | 7 August 1861 | 12 June 1880 | 18 years, 310 days | Previously resident judge at Moreton Bay. Died in office | [12] |
Edmund Sheppard | 17 July 1874 | 22 December 1882 | 8 years, 158 days | Died in office | ||
Charles Lilley | 4 July 1874 | 13 March 1893 | 18 years, 252 days | Died 20 August 1897 | ||
George Harding | 14 July 1879 | 31 August 1885 | 6 years, 48 days | Died in office | ||
Ratcliffe Pring | 11 November 1880 | 25 March 1885 | 4 years, 134 days | Died in office | ||
Pope Cooper | 5 January 1883 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 39 years, 85 days | Died 30 August 1923 | ||
Charles Mein | 17 April 1885 | 30 June 1890 | 5 years, 74 days | Died in office | ||
Charles Chubb | 2 December 1889 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 32 years, 119 days | Died 27 February 1930 | ||
Patrick Real | 18 July 1890 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 31 years, 256 days | Died 10 June 1928 | ||
Virgil Power | 20 December 1895 | 20 December 1910 | 15 years, 0 days | Died 2 June 1914 | ||
William Shand | 3 November 1908 | 30 June 1925 | 16 years, 239 days | Died 4 March 1942 | ||
Lionel Lukin | 26 July 1910 | 18 July 1926 | 15 years, 357 days | Subsequently appointed to the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, died 1 June 1944 | ||
Thomas McCawley | 12 October 1917 | 16 April 1925 | 7 years, 186 days | Died in office | ||
James Blair | 1 April 1922 | 16 May 1940 | 18 years, 45 days | Died 18 November 1944 | ||
Allan MacNaughton | 1 April 1922 | 21 March 1929 | 6 years, 354 days | Died 8 May 1937 | ||
Charles Jameson | 1 April 1922 | 16 December 1922 | 259 days | Died 28 June 1936 | ||
Thomas O'Sullivan | 1 April 1922 | 15 December 1926 | 4 years, 258 days | Died 22 February 1953 | ||
Robert Douglas | 24 January 1923 | 13 April 1953 | 30 years, 79 days | Died 24 December 1972 | ||
William Webb | 24 April 1925 | 15 May 1946 | 21 years, 21 days | Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972 | ||
Frank Brennan | 1 July 1925 | 6 August 1949 | 24 years, 36 days | Died in office | ||
Hugh Macrossan [b] | 23 July 1926 | 23 June 1940 | 13 years, 336 days | Died in office | ||
John Woolcock | 1 February 1927 | 18 January 1929 | 1 year, 352 days | Died in office | ||
Charles Stumm | 6 February 1929 | 28 February 1929 | 22 days | Died in office | ||
Edward Douglas | 22 March 1929 | 27 August 1947 | 18 years, 158 days | Died in office | ||
Hereward Henchman | 5 March 1929 | 25 April 1939 | 10 years, 51 days | Died in office | ||
Roslyn Philp | 4 May 1939 | 19 March 1965 | 25 years, 319 days | Died in office | ||
Alan Mansfield | 17 May 1940 | 21 February 1966 | 25 years, 280 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980 | ||
Neal Macrossan [b] | 27 June 1940 | 30 December 1955 | 15 years, 186 days | Died in office | ||
Benjamin Matthews | 25 April 1946 | 21 December 1961 | 15 years, 240 days | Died 5 June 1974 | ||
Edwin Stanley | 6 February 1947 | 30 October 1964 | 17 years, 267 days | Died 23 May 1993 | ||
Joseph Sheehy | 2 September 1947 | 14 April 1970 | 22 years, 224 days | Died 22 September 1971 | ||
Kenneth Townley | 8 August 1949 | 30 July 1962 | 12 years, 356 days | Died 28 August 1981 | ||
William Mack | 20 July 1950 | 12 May 1971 | 20 years, 296 days | Died 26 July 1979 | ||
Thomas O'Hagan | 16 October 1952 | 18 July 1958 | 5 years, 275 days | Died in office | ||
Thomas Barry | 20 November 1952 | 3 February 1955 | 2 years, 75 days | Died 20 October 1970 | ||
Mostyn Hanger | 23 July 1953 | 18 July 1977 | 23 years, 360 days | Died 11 August 1980 | ||
Leslie Brown | 10 February 1955 | 12 December 1961 | 6 years, 305 days | Died in office | ||
Bernard Jeffriess | 2 February 1956 | 10 July 1965 | 9 years, 158 days | Died 16 November 1969 | ||
Charles Wanstall | 27 February 1958 | 17 February 1982 | 23 years, 355 days | Died 17 October 1999 | ||
Norton Stable | 24 July 1958 | 22 October 1979 | 21 years, 90 days | Died 12 May 1989 | ||
Harry Gibbs | 8 June 1961 | 24 June 1967 | 6 years, 16 days | Appointed 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 Skerman | 9 August 1962 | 21 September 1973 | 11 years, 43 days | Died 24 February 1983 | ||
Geoffrey Lucas | 18 November 1963 | 17 February 1982 | 18 years, 91 days | Died 23 November 1992 | ||
Graham Hart | 11 February 1963 | 18 April 1974 | 11 years, 66 days | Died in office | ||
James Douglas | 11 February 1965 | 2 February 1984 | 18 years, 356 days | Died in office | ||
Douglas Campbell | 11 February 1965 | 4 August 1985 | 20 years, 174 days | Died 12 July 2003 | ||
Marcus Hoare | 12 May 1966 | 3 March 1980 | 13 years, 296 days | Died 11 July 1999 | ||
Walter Campbell | 1 August 1967 | 7 July 1985 | 17 years, 340 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004 | ||
Ronald Matthews | 14 August 1967 | 10 February 1989 | 21 years, 180 days | Died 2 July 1998 | ||
George Kneipp | 6 November 1969 | 13 November 1992 | 23 years, 7 days | Died 15 February 1993 | ||
Dormer Andrews | 13 May 1971 | 7 April 1989 | 17 years, 329 days | Died 28 July 2004 | ||
Edward Williams | 13 May 1971 | 17 February 1984 | 12 years, 280 days | Died 10 January 1999 | ||
Jack Kelly | 25 September 1973 | 24 September 1990 | 16 years, 364 days | Died 20 April 1999 | ||
James Dunn | 30 April 1974 | 29 March 1983 | 8 years, 333 days | Died in office | ||
Charles Sheahan | 20 January 1977 | 25 January 1985 | 8 years, 5 days | Died 30 November 1997 | ||
Peter Connolly | 31 October 1977 | 29 September 1990 | 12 years, 333 days | Died 3 May 2009 | ||
Alan Demack | 16 January 1978 | 19 May 2000 | 22 years, 124 days | |||
John Macrossan [b] | 4 February 1980 | 16 February 1998 | 8 years, 312 days | Died 5 August 2008 | ||
Bruce McPherson | 28 January 1982 | 23 September 2006 | 24 years, 238 days | Died 7 October 2013 | ||
Glen Williams | 3 December 1982 | 23 January 2008 | 25 years, 51 days | |||
Desmond Derrington | 3 December 1982 | 4 April 2000 | 17 years, 123 days | |||
James Thomas | 18 February 1982 | 22 March 2002 | 20 years, 32 days | |||
Tom Shepherdson | 18 February 1982 | 10 March 2000 | 18 years, 21 days | Died 27 October 2015 | ||
William Carter | 12 May 1983 | 31 May 1990 | 7 years, 19 days | |||
Kevin Ryan | 13 February 1984 | 15 April 1994 | 10 years, 61 days | Died 18 November 2009 | ||
Angelo Vasta | 13 February 1984 | 8 June 1989 | 5 years, 115 days | Removed from office by Parliament. Died 29 September 2021 | [13][14] | |
Martin Moynihan | 13 February 1984 | 24 August 2007 | 23 years, 192 days | Died 2 April 2017 | ||
Paul de Jersey | 4 February 1985 | 8 July 2014 | 29 years, 154 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland | ||
John Dowsett | 29 July 1985 | 13 September 1998 | 13 years, 46 days | Appointed to the Federal Court | ||
Brian Ambrose | 8 July 1985 | 11 September 2003 | 18 years, 65 days | Died 31 December 2015 | ||
Richard Cooper | 2 February 1989 | 30 March 1992 | 3 years, 57 days | Appointed to the Federal Court, died 15 March 2005 | ||
William Lee | 20 February 1989 | 30 April 1999 | 10 years, 69 days | |||
Kenneth Mackenzie | 10 April 1989 | 8 December 2008 | 19 years, 242 days | [15] | ||
John Byrne | 25 July 1989 | 23 August 2017 | 28 years, 29 days | |||
Margaret White | 2 April 1992 | 3 June 2013 | 21 years, 62 days | |||
Susan Kiefel | 16 June 1993 | 16 October 1994 | 1 year, 122 days | Appointed to the Federal Court | ||
Henry George Fryberg | 23 September 1994 | 28 November 2013 | 19 years, 66 days | [16] | ||
John Helman | 16 December 1994 | 1 July 2007 | 12 years, 197 days | |||
John Muir | 4 April 1997 | 27 December 2014 | 17 years, 267 days | Died 10 February 2018 | ||
Stanley Jones AO | 2 October 1997 | 9 September 2011 | 13 years, 342 days | [17] | ||
Margaret Wilson | 21 August 1998 | 11 April 2014 | 15 years, 233 days | [8] | ||
Roslyn Atkinson AO | 3 September 1998 | 29 November 2018 | 20 years, 87 days | Chair, Law Reform Commission | ||
Anthe Philippides | 14 December 2000 | 23 years, 268 days | President, Land Appeal Court Judge and President, Mental Health Court |
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Catherine Holmes | 16 March 2000 | 24 years, 175 days | Judge, Mental Health Court (2000–04) Acting Judge, District Court (Qld) (1999) |
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Debra Mullins | 16 March 2000 | 24 years, 175 days | Criminal List Judge | |||
Peter Dutney | 16 March 2000 | 4 September 2009 | 9 years, 172 days | Died in office | ||
James Douglas | 27 November 2003 | 20 years, 285 days | ||||
Philip McMurdo [c] | 3 March 2003 | 21 years, 188 days | ||||
Ann Lyons | 7 July 2006 | 18 years, 62 days | ||||
Duncan McMeekin | 15 October 2007 | 23 April 2018 | 10 years, 190 days | (Central Judge, Rockhampton) Land Appeal Court (Central Division) |
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Martin Daubney AM | 13 July 2007 | 17 years, 56 days | President QCAT (2017-) | |||
Glenn Martin AM | 30 August 2007 | 17 years, 8 days | ||||
Peter Applegarth | 28 August 2008 | 16 years, 10 days | ||||
Alan Wilson | 27 October 2009 | 27 March 2015 | 5 years, 151 days | President, QCAT (2009-2013) | ||
David Boddice | 2 July 2010 | 14 years, 67 days | ||||
Jean Dalton | 25 February 2011 | 13 years, 195 days | Mental Health Court | |||
David North | 18 July 2011 | 13 years, 51 days | (Northern Judge Townsville) Mental Health Court | |||
David Thomas | 18 July 2011 | 28 June 2017 | 5 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 |
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James Henry | 12 September 2011 | 12 years, 361 days | (Far North, Cairns), Land Appeal Court (Far Northern Division) | [18] | ||
David Jackson | 8 October 2012 | 11 years, 335 days | ||||
Martin Burns | 18 December 2014 | 9 years, 264 days | ||||
Peter Flanagan | 27 July 2014 | 10 years, 42 days | ||||
Tim Carmody | 8 July 2014 | 10 years, 61 days | Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court (2013-2014) Judge, District Court (Qld) (2013-2014) Judge, Family Court of Australia (2003-2008) |
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John Bond | 19 March 2015 | 9 years, 172 days | ||||
Susan Brown | 16 December 2016 | 7 years, 266 days | ||||
Peter Davis | 16 October 2017 | 6 years, 327 days | ||||
Helen Bowskill | 10 July 2017 | 7 years, 59 days | Judge, District Court (Qld) (2014-2017) | |||
Graeme Crow | 26 February 2018 | 6 years, 194 days | (Central Judge, Rockhampton) | |||
Soraya Ryan | 9 March 2018 | 6 years, 182 days | ||||
Elizabeth Wilson | 3 December 2018 | 5 years, 279 days | [19] | |||
Thomas Bradley | 3 December 2018 | 5 years, 279 days | [19] | |||
Peter Callaghan | 10 February 2020 | 4 years, 210 days | [1] | |||
Frances Williams | 17 February 2020 | 4 years, 203 days | [1] | |||
Paul Freeburn | 20 May 2021 | 3 years, 110 days | [1] | |||
Declan Kelly | 6 September 2021 | 3 years, 1 day | [1] | |||
Kerri Mellifont | 4 October 2021 | 2 years, 339 days | [1] | |||
Sean Cooper | 11 April 2022 | 2 years, 149 days | [1] | |||
Melanie Hindman | 30 May 2022 | 2 years, 100 days | [1] | |||
Lincon Crowley | 13 June 2022 | 2 years, 86 days | Justice Crowley is the first Indigenous judge to be appointed to a superior court in Australia.[2] | [1] | ||
Tom Sullivan | 24 February 2023 | [1] | ||||
Catherine Muir | 11 April 2023 | [1] | ||||
Michael Copley | 8 May 2024 | [1] | ||||
Rebecca Treston | 8 May 2024 | [1] |
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