Former Magistrates Court Judiciary
ACT Chief Magistrates and Magistrates in chronological order | |
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Person for the time being holding the office of Police Magistrate at Queanbeyan, NSW | 25 November 1930 - 6 September 1936 |
Person for the time being holding the office of Police Magistrate at Goulburn, NSW | 7 September 1936 - 29 November 1949 |
KEANE, Francis Charles Patrick | 30 November 1949 - 28 October 1966 |
BUTTON, John Desmond | 14 May 1959 - 30 June 1962 |
HERMES, Clarence Lindsay | 6 December 1963 - 23 April 1970 |
DOBSON, Kevin Townley | 13 December 1963 - 28 April 1986 |
PEARSON, Eric Sterndale | 19 October 1967 - 30 July 1976 |
NICHOLL, Warren Keith | 26 November 1970 - 19 February 1996 |
DAINER, John Joseph | 10 May 1973 - 23 July 1993 |
KILDUFF, Charles Francis | 10 April 1974 - 14 March 1980 |
CAHILL, Ronald John | 22 September 1977 - 17 November 2009 |
SOMES, Michael Anthony | 13 January 1986 - 31 July 2007 |
WARD, Michael | 21 April 1986 - 30 June 1998 |
DINGWALL, Peter Geoffrey | 26 April 1990 - 17 August 2016 |
BURNS, John Dominic | 26 April 1990 - 14 December 2009 |
FRYAR, Karen Margaret | 6 September 1993 - 8 March 2019 |
MADDEN, Shane Godfrey | 19 December 1996 - 10 July 2009 |
CAMPBELL, Lisbeth Ellen | 5 August 1998 - 3 March 2023 |
DOOGAN, Maria Krystyna | 5 August 1998 - 30 March 2012 |
LALOR, Grant Chrysostom | 1 February 2004 - Current |
WALKER, Lorraine Anne | 19 July 2010 - 12 October 2011 |
MOSSOP, David | 23 December 2011 - 21 May 2013 |
MORRISON, Peter John | 14 February 2012 - 1 July 2022 |
BOSS, Bernadette Carmel | 11 June 2012 - 14 November 2021 |
COOK, Robert Matthew | 11 September 2013 - Current |
THEAKSTON, Glenn | 17 May 2016 - 31 July 2019 |
TAYLOR, Louise | 10 August 2018 - 16 August 2023 |
LAWTON, James | 6 May 2019 - Current |
STEWART, James | 6 May 2019 - Current |
NOTES:
- Magistrates were known as Stipendiary Magistrates from 1951 to 1986.
- The office of Chief Magistrate was created in 1973.
- Chief Magistrate Kilduff and Stipendiary Magistrates Dobson, Nicholl and Dainer were all re-appointed on 23 March 1977 when legislation to take the positions of Chief Magistrate and Stipendiary Magistrate outside the public service came into effect.
- The following police magistrates at Queanbeyan or Goulburn appear to have exercised the jurisdiction of the Court of Petty Sessions:
J.W.T. Forrest, L.C. Nott, J.A.S. Balmain, N.L. Sheridan, F.H. Hardwick, A.C. Atkinson, S.J. Bliss, C.W. Swiney, S.A. Thornton, F.W. Britz, H. Isles, G.C. Hook, A.J. Paton, C.H. Blackmore, and K.W. Smith.
Special Magistrates
Special Magistrates are appointed under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 and unlike permanent magistrates they need not be barristers or solicitors.
However, to be considered for appointment as a Special Magistrate the applicant must display an appropriate knowledge of the relevant law and its underlying principles. They must also possess a high level of expertise in their chosen area or profession and display certain personal qualities such as sound judgment and objectivity.
In the ACT, Special Magistrates are able to hear the same matters as dealt with by Magistrates.
The list below provides the names and date of appointment for those who have served as Special Magistrates in the ACT from 1930.
Chronological index of Special Magistrates of the Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory
Special Magistrate | Appointed |
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GOODWIN, Colonel John Thomas Hill | 25.11.1930 - 6.9.1936 |
GARRAN, Sir Robert Randolph | 27.3.1942 |
PERCIVAL, Arthur | 28.11.1946 |
MCKILLOP, Robert Alexander | 14.5.1947 |
KEANE, Francis Charles Patrick | 18.5.1947 - 29.11.1949 |
RHODES, Sidney Richard | 9.7.1947 - 6.10.1953 |
GREEN, Frank Clifton | 9.7.1947 |
THORPE, Frank Gordon | 9.7.1947 - 23.12.1953 |
DENTON, Charles Francis | 21.3.1957 |
DAVIES, John Llanover | 16.4.1957 |
SAWER, Gepffrey | 16.4.1957 |
DEBENHAM, Edmond Monaghan | 9.8.1962 |
HARVEY, Everard Roy | 20.9.1962 |
EDMONDS, Keith Stacey | 5.4.1963 |
MEAGHER, Martin Sylvester | 23.4.1963 |
PATON, Alexander John | 24.8.1967 |
CROMMELIN, Brian Frederick Lake | 23.11.1967 |
HUMBY, Rexton James | 17.4.1968 |
FLYNN, William Stilwell | 30.4.1968 |
SCARLETT, John Roderick | 27.3.1969 |
WARD, Charles Kingsley | 27.3.1969 |
FISCHER, Clement Lewis | 29.6.1970 |
PRICE, Thomas Francis | 26.8.1976 |
PEARSON, Eric Sterndale | 26.8.1976 |
HOGAN, Alan Eugene | 22.9.1977 - 5.6.1989 |
O'CONNOR, Desmond | 16.2.1978 |
NICHOLS, David Bruce | 19.10.1978 |
KILDUFF, Charles Francis | 27.3.1980 - 4.11.1981 |
WYNNE, Anthony William | 9.7.1982 |
O'NEILL, James Joseph | 27.1.1983 |
DOBSON, Kevin Townley | 20.8.1986 |
MURPHY, John Martin | 19.5.1988 |
BANNISTER, Marcus Kessell | 14.10.1988 |
HARDIMAN, Alan Anthony | 24.11.1988 |
SMITH, Douglas William | 14.12.1989 - 1.7.1994 |
DAINER, John Joseph | 3.3.1994 |
HARVEY, Christine Susan | 30.9.1994 |
SYMONS, Elizabeth Marjorie | 30.9.1994 - 30.9.2004 |
DELLAR, Garry George | 30.9.1994 |
NICHOLL, Warren Keith | 20.2.1996 |
WARD, Michael | 20.7.1998 - 30.8.1998 |
PEEDOM, Michael Henry | 11.11.1998 - 10.11.2005 |
THOMPSON, Phillip Raymond | 12.9.2000 - 28.2.2006 |
PIKE, Ian Henry | 29.8.2001 - 28.8.2002 |
LALOR, Grant Chrysostom | 25.6.2002 - 13.12.2002 |
CUSH, Kenneth Michael | 13.10.2008 - 30.06.2010 |
STEFANIAK, Bill | 17.11.2008 - 2.2.2009 |
LUNNEY, Graeme | 16.05.2011 - 15.05.2014 |
CHENOWETH, Christopher | 16.05.2011 - 15.05.2014 |
DOOGAN, Maria | 03.06.2013 - 06.05.2017 |
HUNTER, Margaret | 21.05.2014 - 8.02.2023 |
MULLIGAN, Dominic | 21.05.2014 - 06.05.2017 |
HOPKINS, Anthony | 01.05.2021 - 30.09.2024 |
CROMPTON, Michael | 07.02.2022 - 05.02.2023 |
RUSSELL, Paula | 01.04.2022 - 30.06.2023 |
JONES, Thomas | 01.04.2022 - 30.09.2024 |
Jervis Bay Special Magistrates: Commander of HMAS Creswell | 21.3.1953 - Current |