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	Garfield Barwick	Menzies	27 April 1964	11 February 1981	6,134 days	5,997 days	14 July 1997	7
2	John Latham	Lyons	11 October 1935	7 April 1952	6,023 days	4,492 days	25 July 1964	5
3	Samuel Griffith	Deakin	5 October 1903	17 October 1919	5,856 days	297 days	9 August 1920	1
4	Owen Dixon	Menzies	18 April 1952	13 April 1964	4,378 days	3,007 days	7 July 1972	6
5	Adrian Knox	Hughes	18 October 1919	31 March 1930	3,817 days	758 days	27 April 1932	2
6	Murray Gleeson	Howard	22 May 1998	29 August 2008	3,752 days	4,539 days		11
7	Anthony Mason	Hawke	6 February 1987	20 April 1995	2,995 days	9,419 days		9
8	Robert French	Rudd	1 September 2008	29 January 2017	3,072 days	1,464 days		12
9	Harry Gibbs	Fraser	12 February 1981	5 February 1987	2,184 days	6,715 days	25 June 2005	8
10	Frank Gavan Duffy	Scullin	22 January 1931	1 October 1935	1,713 days	302 days	29 July 1936	4
11	Susan Kiefel	Turnbull	30 January 2017	Incumbent	1,463 days			13
12	Gerard Brennan	Keating	21 April 1995	21 May 1998	1,126 days	8,292 days		10
13	Isaac Isaacs	Scullin	2 April 1930	21 January 1931	294 days	6,230 days	11 February 1948	3

See also

• List of Justices of the High Court of Australia by time in office