Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs (Bahamas)
Office of the Attorney General & Ministry of Legal Affairs
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The Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs provides legal advice to the government of the Bahamas in national and international matters.[1]
List of Attorneys-General of the Colony of the Bahamas
This is an incomplete listing of Attorneys-General before 1973.
- William Wylly[2] (1799–1821)
- Bruce Lockhart Burnside[3] (1875–1879)[4]
- William Anthony Musgrave Sheriff (1879–1882)
- William Rees-Davies[5] (c. 1897–1902)
- Frederick Chester Wells-Durrant[6] (1909–1921)
- Herbert Charles Fahie Cox (1925–1929)
- Guy Tracey Watts (1930[7]-c. 1933)
- James Henry Jarrett (1933–1935)[8]
- John Bowes Griffin[9] (1936–1939)
- Ormond H Curry (c 1939)[10]
- Oswald Lawrence Bancroft (1943–1945/6)[11]
- Lionel Alexander William Orr[12] (1955–1963)[13]
- Kendal George Lamon Isaacs[14][15][16] (1963–1965)[13]
- William Gordon Bryce QC (c 1967)[17]
- Gerald Collett QC (c. 1970–1973)[18]
List of Attorneys-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs (Post-Independence in 1973)
- Paul Adderley[19][20] (1973–1989) [1st Attorney General - Post Independence][21]
- Sean G.A. McWeeney (1989–1992)[21]
- Orville Turnquest[22] (1992–1995)[21]
- Brent Symonette (1995)[21]
- Janet Bostwick (1995–1997)[21] [1st female]
- Tennyson Wells (1997–2001)[21]
- Carl Wilshire Bethel (2001–2002)[21]
- Alfred Sears[23] (2002–2006)[21]
- Allyson Maynard Gibson (2006–2007)[21]
- Claire Hepburn (2007–2008)[21]
- Michael Barnett (2008–2009)[21]
- John Delaney (2009–2012)[21]
- Allyson Maynard Gibson (2012–2017)[21]
- Carl Wilshire Bethel[24] (2017–2021)[21]
- Ryan Pinder (2021–present)