List of judges of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

Judges who served on the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration are:

Position	Name	Appointment commenced	Appointment ended	Term in office	Comments	Notes
President	Richard O'Connor	10 February 1905	13 September 1907	2 years, 215 days	Judge of the High Court	^[1]
	H. B. Higgins	14 September 1907	29 June 1921	13 years, 288 days	Judge of the High Court	^[2]
	Charles Powers	30 June 1921	25 June 1926	4 years, 360 days	Judge of the High Court	^[3]
Chief Judge	George Dethridge	20 July 1926	29 December 1938	12 years, 162 days		^[4]
	George Beeby	15 March 1939	31 July 1941	2 years, 138 days		^[5]
	Harold Piper	1 August 1941	16 June 1947	5 years, 319 days		^[6]
	Edmund Drake-Brockman	17 June 1947	1 June 1949	1 year, 359 days		^[7]
	Sir Raymond Kelly	30 June 1949	25 July 1956	7 years, 25 days		^[8]
Deputy President	Charles Powers	10 October 1914	30 April 1920	5 years, 203 days	Judge of the High Court	^[3]
	Sir John Quick	26 June 1922	25 March 1930	16 years, 10 days		^[9]
	Noel Webb	26 June 1922	12 February 1927	4 years, 231 days		^[10]
Judge	Lionel Lukin	20 July 1926	6 July 1938	11 years, 351 days		^[11]
	George Beeby	21 July 1926	31 July 1941	15 years, 10 days		^[5]
	Edmund Drake-Brockman	18 April 1927	1 June 1949	22 years, 44 days		^[7]
	Harold Piper	15 February 1938	16 June 1947	9 years, 121 days		^[6]
	Thomas O'Mara	15 March 1939	14 October 1946	7 years, 213 days		^[12]
	Sir Raymond Kelly	15 August 1941	25 July 1956	14 years, 345 days		^[8]
	Alfred Foster	12 October 1944	26 November 1962 ^[a]	18 years, 45 days	Deputy President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission	^[13]^[14]
	Bernard Sugerman	15 April 1946	9 September 1947	1 year, 147 days	Resigned to take up appointment with NSW Supreme Court	^[15]
	Sir Richard Kirby	26 August 1947	1973 ^[a]	25–26 years	First President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission	^[17]^[13]^[18]
	Edward Dunphy	27 April 1949	15 August 1956	7 years, 110 days	Appointed to the Commonwealth Industrial Court	^[19]^[13]
	Sydney Wright	14 December 1950	1970 ^[a]	19–20 years	Deputy President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission	^[20]
	Malcolm McIntyre	4 July 1952	21 September 1953	1 year, 79 days		^[21]^[22]
	Sir Edward Morgan	4 August 1952	15 August 1956	4 years, 11 days	Appointed to the Commonwealth Industrial Court	^[23]^[13]
	Richard Ashburner	1 February 1954	1963 ^[a]	8–9 years	Deputy President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission	^[13]

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List of judges of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

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