List of chief justices of Australia by time in office

This is a list of Australian chief justices by time in office.

294 days Sir Isaac Isaacs Shortest serving Chief Justice: 1930 - 1931

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	1997-07-14(1997-07-14)14 July 1997	7
2	Latham, JohnJohn Latham	Lyons, JosephLyons	11 October 1935 (1935-10-11)	7 April 1952 (1952-04-07)	6,0236,023 days	4,4924,492 days	1964-07-25(1964-07-25)25 July 1964	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	1920-08-09(1920-08-09)9 August 1920	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	1972-07-07(1972-07-07)7 July 1972	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	1932-04-27(1932-04-27)27 April 1932	2
6	Gleeson, MurrayMurray Gleeson	Howard, JohnHoward	22 May 1998 (1998-05-22)	29 August 2008 (2008-08-29)	3,7523,752 days	0,5,9345,934 days	2024-11-27	11
7	French, RobertRobert French	Rudd, KevinRudd	1 September 2008 (2008-09-01)	29 January 2017	0,3,0723,072 days	2,8592,859 days	2024-11-27	12
8	Mason, AnthonyAnthony Mason	Hawke, BobHawke	6 February 1987 (1987-02-06)	20 April 1995 (1995-04-20)	2,9952,995 days	10,81410,814 days	2024-11-27	9
9	Kiefel, SusanSusan Kiefel	Turnbull, MalcolmTurnbull	30 January 2017 (2017-01-30)	5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)	0,2,4702,858 days	388388 days		13
10	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	2005-06-25(2005-06-25)25 June 2005	8
11	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	1936-07-29(1936-07-29)29 July 1936	4
12	Brennan, GerardGerard Brennan	Keating, PaulKeating	21 April 1995 (1995-04-21)	21 May 1998 (1998-05-21)	1,1261,126 days	8,7778,777 days	2022-06-01(2022-06-01)1 June 2022	10
13	Isaacs, IsaacIsaac Isaacs	Scullin, JamesScullin	2 April 1930 (1930-04-02)	21 January 1931 (1931-01-21)	0,294294 days	6,2306,230 days	1948-02-11(1948-02-11)11 February 1948	3
14	Gageler, StephenStephen Gageler	Albanese, AnthonyAlbanese	6 November 2023 (2023-11-06)	Incumbent	0,387387 days			14

See also

• List of justices of the High Court of Australia