List of Chief Justices of Australia By Time in Office - Chief Justices of Australia

Chief Justices of Australia

Rank by
length
of term		 Chief Justice Appointed
by		 Date of
appointment		 Date of
retirement		 Length of
term		 Length of
retirement		 Date of death
 Order
by date
1 Barwick, GarfieldGarfield Barwick Menzies, RobertMenzies 27 April 1964 (1964-04-27) 11 February 1981 (1981-02-11) 6,1346,134 days 5,9975,997 days 1997-07-1414 July 1997(1997-07-14) 7
2 Latham, JohnJohn G. Latham Lyons, JosephLyons 11 October 1935 (1935-10-11) 7 April 1952 (1952-04-07) 6,0236,023 days 4,4924,492 days 1964-07-2525 July 1964(1964-07-25) 5
3 Griffith, SamuelSamuel Griffith Deakin, AlfredDeakin 5 October 1903 (1903-10-05) 17 October 1919 (1919-10-17) 5,8565,856 days 0,297297 days 1920-08-099 August 1920(1920-08-09) 1
4 Dixon, OwenOwen Dixon Menzies, RobertMenzies 18 April 1952 (1952-04-18) 13 April 1964 (1964-04-13) 4,3784,378 days 3,0073,007 days 1972-07-077 July 1972(1972-07-07) 6
5 Knox, AdrianAdrian Knox Hughes, BillyHughes 18 October 1919 (1919-10-18) 31 March 1930 (1930-03-31) 3,8173,817 days 0,758758 days 1932-04-2727 April 1932(1932-04-27) 2
6 Gleeson, MurrayMurray Gleeson Howard, JohnHoward 22 May 1998 (1998-05-22) 29 August 2008 (2008-08-29) 3,7523,752 days 0,1,7661,766 days 2013-06-30 11
7 Mason, AnthonyAnthony Mason Hawke, BobHawke 6 February 1987 (1987-02-06) 20 April 1995 (1995-04-20) 2,9952,995 days 6,6466,646 days 2013-06-30 9
8 Gibbs, HarryHarry Gibbs Fraser, MalcolmFraser 12 February 1981 (1981-02-12) 5 February 1987 (1987-02-05) 2,1842,184 days 6,7156,715 days 2005-06-2525 June 2005(2005-06-25) 8
9 French, RobertRobert French Rudd, KevinRudd 1 September 2008 (2008-09-01) Incumbent 0,1,7631,763 days 0,000Incumbent 2013-06-30 12
10 Duffy, FrankFrank Gavan Duffy Scullin, JamesScullin 22 January 1931 (1931-01-22) 1 October 1935 (1935-10-01) 1,7131,713 days 0,302302 days 1936-07-2929 July 1936(1936-07-29) 4
11 Brennan, GerardGerard Brennan Keating, PaulKeating 21 April 1995 (1995-04-21) 21 May 1998 (1998-05-21) 1,1261,126 days 5,5195,519 days 2013-06-30 10
12 Isaacs, IsaacIsaac Isaacs Scullin, JamesScullin 2 April 1930 (1930-04-02) 21 January 1931 (1931-01-21) 0,294294 days 6,2306,230 days 1948-02-1111 February 1948(1948-02-11) 3


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