Police Commissioner - Australia

The Commissioners of Police Australia - State and Federal

Federal

• Sir Colin Woods KCVO CBE QPM 1979–1982
• Major General Ron Grey AO DSO 1983–1988
• Ronald "Peter" McAulay AO QPM 1988–1994
• Mick Palmer AO APM 1994–2001
• Mick Keelty AO APM 2 April 2001 – 2 September 2009
• Tony Negus APM 7 September 2009 – 30 September 2014
• Andrew Colvin OAM APM 1 October 2014 – current

Reference

South Australia

• Henry Inman 28 April 1838 - 18 May 1840 Biography
• Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran 8 June 1840 – 3 April 1843
• Boyle Travers Finniss 13 April 1843 – 12 May 1847 Biography
• George Fife Dashwood 12 May 1847 – 31 December 1851
• Alexander Tolmer 28 January 1852 – 29 November 1853
• Peter Warburton 29 November 1853 – 13 February 1867
• George Hamilton 13 February 1867 – 24 May 1882 Biography
• William John Peterswald 3 May 1882 – 30 August 1896
• Lewis George Madley ISO VD 9 September 1896 – 31 December 1909
• William Henry Raymond 1 January 1910 – 30 June 1917
• Thomas Neptune Edwards 30 June 1917 – 30 June 1920
• Sir Raymond Leane CB CMG DSO & Bar MC 1 July 1920 – 30 June 1944
• William Francis Johns CBE 1 July 1944 – 1950
• Ivor Bren Green LVO 1950 – 10 April 1957
• John McKinna CMG CBE DSO LVO ED July 1957 – June 1972
• Harold Salisbury QPM June 1972 – 17 January 1978
• Laurence Draper QPM 19 January 1978 – 1982
• John Bryan Giles AO GM BEM QPM 27 May 1982 – 1983
• David Hunt AO QPM 30 June 1983 – 31 December 1996
• Malcolm Hyde AO APM 10 February 1997 – 20 July 2012
• Gary Burns BM APM 20 July 2012 – 20 July 2015
• Grant Stevens 21 July 2015 – Present

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Northern Territory

• Paul Heinrich Matthias Foelsche 1870–1904
• Nicholas John Waters 1904–1923
• Major George Vernon Dudley 1924–1927
• 1927–1964: The Office of Commissioner was held by the Government Resident, a position now known as the Administrator of the Northern Territory
• Clive William Graham 1964–1966
• Sydney James Bowie 1966–1967
• William James McLaren 1967–1978
• Ronald "Peter" McAulay 1978–1988 (also Federal Police Commissioner)
• Michael John Palmer 1988–1994
• Brian Charles Bates 1994–2001
• Paul Cameron White 2001–2009
• John McRoberts 2009–2015
• Reece Kershaw 2015–present

Reference

New South Wales

• William Spain 1 January 1851 31 December 1851 wikipedia
• Captain William Mayne 1 January 1852 17 September 1856 Wikipedia
• Captain John McLerie 28 October 1856 6 October 1874
• Edmund Walcott Fosbery CMG 7 October 1874 30-Jun-04 Wikipedia
• Thomas Garvin ISO 1-Jul-04 31-Dec-10
• Ernest Charles Day 1-Jan-11 9-Jan-15
• James Mitchell CBE 1-Feb-15 20-Mar-30
• Walter Henry Childs MVO 21-Mar-30 23-Mar-35
• William John MacKay 24-Mar-35 22-Jan-48
• James Frederick Scott 18-Feb-48 13-Oct-52
• Colin Delaney CVO, CBE, QPM 14-Oct-52 27-Feb-62
• Norman Allan CMG, MVO, QPM 28-Feb-62 14-Nov-72 Wikipedia
• Frederick Hanson CBE, QPM 15-Nov-72 31-Dec-76 Wikipedia
• Mervyn Wood LVO, MBE, QPM 1-Jan-77 5-Jun-79 Wikipedia
• Jim Lees QPM 17-Oct-79 29-Dec-81 Wikipedia
• Cecil Abbott AO, QPM 30-Dec-81 7-Aug-84 Wikipedia
• John Avery AO, APM 7-Aug-84 12-Mar-91wikipedia
• Tony Lauer APM 13-Mar-91 19-Feb-96 Wikipedia
• Neil Owen Taylor APM 20-Feb-96 29-Aug-96
• Peter Ryan QPM 30-Aug-96 17-Apr-02 Wikipedia
• Ken Moroney AO, APM 18-Apr-02 31-Aug-07 Wikipedia
• Andrew Scipione AO, APM 31-Aug-07 Present Wikipedia

References

• Commissioner List
• Reference

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Victoria

• William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (1852–1854) Wikipedia
• Charles MacMahon (1854–1858)Wikipedia
• Frederick Standish (1858–1880) Wikipedia
• Hussey Malone Chomley (1881–1902)
• Thomas O'Callaghan (1902–1913) Wikipedia
• George Sainbury (1913–1919)
• George Charles Thomas Steward (1919–1920)
• John Gellibrand (1920–1922) Wikipedia
• Alexander Nicholson (1922–1925)
• Thomas Blamey (1925–1936) Wikipedia
• Alexander Duncan (1937–1954) Wikipedia
• Selwin Porter (1955–1963) Wikipedia
• Rupert Henry Arnold (1963–1969)
• Noel Wilby (1969–1971) Wikipedia
• Reginald Jackson (1971–1977) Wikipedia
• Mick Miller (1977–1987) Wikipedia
• Kel Glare (1987–1992) Wikipedia
• Neil Comrie (1993–2001) Wikipedia
• Christine Nixon (2001–2009) Wikipedia
• Simon Overland (2009–2011) Wikipedia
• Ken Lay (2011–2015) Wikipedia
• Graham Ashton (2015–present) Wikipedia

Reference

Western Australia

• (work in progress)

Reference

Queensland

• David Thompson Seymour 1864–1895 Wikipedia - Biography
• William Parry-Okeden 1895–1905 Wikipedia
• William Geoffrey Cahill 1905–1916 Wikipedia
• Frederic Charles Urquhart 1917–1921 Wikipedia
• Patrick Short 1921–1925
• William Harold Ryan 1925–1934
• Cecil James Carroll, MC, MVO 1934–1949
• John Smith, LVO 1949–1954
• Patrick Glynn 1955–1957
• Thomas William Harrold 1957
• Frank Bischof, LVO, QPM 1958–1969 Wikipedia
• Norm Bauer, LVO, QPM 1969–1970
• Ray Whitrod, CVO, QPM 1970–1976 Wikipedia
• Sir Terence Murray Lewis, OBE, GM, QPM 1976–1987 Wikipedia
• Ron Redmond, APM, QPM (acting) 1987–1989
• Noel Newnham, APM 1989–1992
• Jim O'Sullivan, APM 1992–2000
• Bob Atkinson, APM 2000–2012 Wikipedia
• Ian Stewart, APM 2012-

Reference

Tasmania

• George Richardson 1 January 1899 1-Jan-05
• Colonel John E C Lord CMG DSO VD Jul-06 10-Feb-16
• Walter Oakes MBE RVM 25-Nov-40 26-Jun-44
• Harry Hill 27-Jun-44 17-Oct-49
• Malcolm Dowling18-Oct-49 31-Dec-52
• William Delderfield MVO 1-Jan-53 25-Sep-65
• Philip Fletcher CBE MVO 25-Sep-65 8-Jul-74
• Eric Knowles QPM 9-Jul-74 Jan-77
• Max Robinson AO QPM 7-May-77 31-Jan-88
• William (Bill) Horman APM 1-Feb-88 30-Mar-91
• John Johnson APM 1-Jul-91 12-Jul-96
• Richard McCreadie AO APM Aug-96 7-Mar-08
• Jack Johnston APM 8-Mar-08 14-Aug-08
• Darren Hine APM 11-Oct-10 incumbent

Reference

Resources

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