The Attorney-General of Western Australia is the member of the Government of Western Australia

Government of Western Australia

The formation of the Government of Western Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1890, although it has been amended many times since then...

 responsible for maintenance and improvement of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

's system of law

Law

Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

 and justice

Justice

Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...

. Before the advent of representative government in 1870, the title was Advocate-General of Western Australia. The Attorney-General must be a qualified legal practitioner; when there are none in the cabinet, a lay person is sometimes appointed to the office of Minister for Justice.

List of Advocates-General of Western Australia

This is a list of Advocates-General of Western Australia from 1831 to 1870.

Advocate-General	Period in office
William Mackie William Mackie William Henry Mackie was an early settler of the Swan River Colony holding a number of public positions including that of the first Judge of the colony. Mackie was born at Cochin, India and as a child returned to live in Derry before attending school in Twickenham, Middlesex...	1831–34
Hon. George Fletcher Moore George Fletcher Moore George Fletcher Moore was a prominent early settler in colonial Western Australia, and "one [of] the key figures in early Western Australia's ruling elite"...	1834–46
Hon. R. W. Nash	1841–46 (acting); 1846–52
Hon. B. W. Vigors	1852–54 (acting)
Hon. George Frederick Stone George Frederick Stone George Frederick Stone was a Western Australian lawyer and Attorney General of Western Australia from 1854–57 and again from 1860–70.-References:...	1854–57
Hon. R. Burnie	1857–59
Hon. George Frederick Stone George Frederick Stone George Frederick Stone was a Western Australian lawyer and Attorney General of Western Australia from 1854–57 and again from 1860–70.-References:...	1860–70

List of Attorneys-General of Western Australia

This is a list of Attorneys-General of Western Australia up until 1890.

Attorney-General	Period in office
Robert Walcott	4 November 1870–December 1872
Hon. Sir Henry Hocking	December 1872–30 June 1874
Hon. George Walpole Leake George Walpole Leake George Walpole Leake was a Western Australian barrister and magistrate and nephew of George Leake...	30 June 1874–16 January 1875
Hon. Sir Henry Hocking	16 January 1875–25 February 1879
Hon. George Walpole Leake George Walpole Leake George Walpole Leake was a Western Australian barrister and magistrate and nephew of George Leake...	1 March 1879–24 November 1879
Hon. Edward Albert Stone Edward Albert Stone Sir Edward Albert Stone KCMG was an Australian lawyer, lieutenant governor, politician and the fourth Chief Justice of Western Australia....	24 November 1879–21 March 1880
Hon. George Walpole Leake George Walpole Leake George Walpole Leake was a Western Australian barrister and magistrate and nephew of George Leake...	21 March 1880–21 March 1881
Hon. Alexander Onslow Alexander Onslow Sir Alexander Campbell Onslow was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia....	21 March 1881–9 April 1883
Hon. George Walpole Leake George Walpole Leake George Walpole Leake was a Western Australian barrister and magistrate and nephew of George Leake...	9 April 1883–10 July 1883
Hon. Alfred Hensman	10 July 1883–18 June 1886
Hon. Septimus Burt Septimus Burt The Hon Septimus Burt KC was a Western Australian lawyer, politician and grazier, the son of Sir Archibald Burt.He was born on 25 October 1847 at St Kitts in the West Indies, and educated at a private school at Melksham, Wiltshire, England...	19 June 1886–3 December 1886
Hon. Charles Warton Charles Warton Charles Nicholas Warton was a barrister and politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as a Conservative from 1880 to 1885. He later emigrated to Western Australia, becoming a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council.-Biography:Warton was the son of Charles Warton...	3 December 1886–30 December 1890