Chief Justice of Tasmania
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The Chief Justice of Tasmania is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Tasmania. The Chief Justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head. He or she is responsible for arranging the business of the court and establishing its rules and procedures.
The current Chief Justice is Ewan Crawford, who was appointed by Governor Peter Underwood in 2008.
List of Chief Justices of Tasmania
| Name |
Term as Chief Justice |
| Sir John Pedder |
4 March 1824 - 4 May 1854 |
| Sir Valentine Fleming |
7 August 1854 - 31 December 1869 |
| Sir Francis Smith |
8 August 1870 - 7 February 1885 |
| Sir William Lambert Dobson |
7 February 1885 - 17 March 1898 |
| Sir John Stokell Dodds |
29 October 1898 - 26 June 1914 |
| Sir Herbert Nicholls |
1 July 1914 - 31 October 1937 |
| Sir Harold Crisp |
21 December 1937 - 14 April 1940 |
| Sir John Morris |
15 April 1940 - 3 July 1956 |
| Sir Stanley Burbury |
28 August 1956 - 29 October 1973 |
| Sir Guy Green |
30 October 1973 - 1 September 1995 |
| William Cox |
4 September 1995 - 1 December 2004 |
| Peter Underwood |
2 December 2004 - 28 March 2008 |
| Ewan Crawford |
24 April 2008 - |
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