List of Judges of the District Court of NSW

In 1858 the District Courts were established with a civil jurisdiction up to 200 replacing the Court of Requests which only sat in limited places, and had a general claim limit of 10 to £30. Initially each judge was appointed to a specific district. From 1955 judges were appointed to all district courts.
Serious criminal matters that were not punishable by death were heard by the Courts of Quarter Sessions. From 1858 each District Court judge had a concurrent appointment as [|Chairman] of the Courts of Quarter Sessions for the district to which they were appointed. In 1973 the separate district courts and courts of quarter sessions were replaced by a single District Court which exercised both criminal and civil jurisdiction throughout the state.
The position of Chairman of the District Court Judges was introduced in 1950 to exercise administrative functions in relation to the courts similar to role of the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court. The role was renamed [|Chief Judge] with the restructure of the courts in 1973.
The Compensation Court of New South Wales was abolished on 1 January 2004 and the judges were transferred to the District Court, maintaining their seniority based on the date of their appointment to the Compensation Court.
In 1918 the Judges Retirement Act 1918, operated to retrospectively impose a retirement age of 70 immediately affecting Charles Heydon, Ernest Docker and Grantley Fitzhardinge and subsequently other judges in a similar position, such as Hugh Hamilton and Alfred Backhouse.

Position	Name	Appointment commenced	Appointment ended	Term in office	Comments	Notes
		16 2 1950	7 2 1954		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Judge of the Supreme Court
				years	Acting Judge District Court Judge District Court
		25 5 1959	13 3 1971
		1 4 1971	12.12.1994
		13.12.1994	7 8 2014		Director of Public Prosecutions Judge of the Supreme Court
		8 8 2014			Judge of District Court Chief Magistrate Local Court Judge of the Supreme Court
		22.12.1858	11.06.1865		Commissioner to the Courts of Requests Judge of the Supreme Court
		22.12.1858	28.11.1863		Commissioner to the Courts of Requests
		22.12.1858	31 7 1889		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
		3 2 1859		10 years, 210–239 days
		3 2 1859	21 2 1859		Judge of the Supreme Court
		1 3 1859	30 6 1861
		25 7 1861	30 5 1867
		25 7 1861		years
		1 7 1861	7 6 1875
		15.12.1863	5 11 1880
		14.12.1865		years	Judge of the civil and criminal courts of Western Australia.
		20 8 1867	31 7 1874
		10 9 1869		years
		8 6 1875	30 6 1898	years	Acting Judge District Court
		21 9 1874		years	Deputy Judge District Court Commissioner of the Court of Claims
		5 1 1881	31.12.1918		Judge on Norfolk Island
				years
			31.12.1918	years
				years	Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
			24.10.1914	years
				years
				years
		1 3 1900	31.12.1918		President of the Court of Arbitration Court of Industrial Arbitration
		1 8 1908	29 5 1928		President Industrial Court
		2 8 1911	5 1 1926		Acting Judge District Court Court of Industrial Arbitration Industrial Court of NSW
		12 5 1914	1 7 1924		Acting Judge District Court
		3 11 1914		12 years, 28–58 days	Solicitor General for New South Wales
		31 1 1919	20.12.1929
				<1 year
		3 2 1919	12.10.1932
		15 3 1920	29 9 1939
		14 8 1922
		1 2 1927			Judge on Norfolk Island
		28 1 1930	5 9 1938
		1 7 1924	5 7 1935
		1 7 1928	31 7 1939		Judge of the Court of Industrial Arbitration
		28 5 1928	6 9 1938
		13.11.1931	9 7 1947		Judge of the Supreme Court
		1 4 1933	31 5 1949		Acting Judge District Court Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
		1 1 1934	7 2 1954		Chairman District Court Judges Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Judge of the Supreme Court
		1 8 1935	12 2 1952		Acting Judge District Court Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
		7 6 1937	14.10.1938
		6 9 1938	21 5 1939		Acting Judge District Court Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Member Industrial Commission of NSW Judge of the Supreme Court
		1 10 1938	31 8 1944
		3 10 1938	25.12.1942
		1 8 1939	27.10.1950		Acting Judge District Court
		27 3 1939	7 12 1956
		1 6 1939		years		<
		1 8 1939		25 years, 273–303 days
		1 1 1941	16 8 1948		Acting Judge District Court
		19.01.1943	6 10 1943		Member of the Industrial Commission of NSW Judge of the Supreme Court
		7 10 1943		years
		23 8 1944	25 8 1947		Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration President Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
		15.10.1945		years
		1 12 1947	22 5 1951
		17.12.1947		years	Acting Judge District Court Chairman of District Court Judges
		1 9 1948	19.12.1970		Acting Judge District Court
		7 2 1949		years	Acting Judge District Court
		27 2 1950	11 9 1960		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
		11.12.1950	12.11.1971
		19 7 1951	10 9 1952		Judge of the Supreme Court
		22.10.1951	15.02.1977		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
		12 9 1952	20.02.1967		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
		27.10.1952		years
		1 4 1953		years
		1 4 1953	8 3 1971
		1 4 1953		years
		4 2 1954		years
		9 6 1954		years
		11.10.1954		years
		16 5 1955		years
		12 9 1955		years
		20 5 1957		years
		10 6 1957		years
		3 4 1958		years
		3 4 1958		years
		4 4 1960		years
		4 10 1960	17.11.1969
		1 3 1961		years
		4 11 1963		years
		28 1 1964		years
		22 3 1966		years
		18.10.1965	3 2 1973
		4 3 1966		years
		31 1 1967		years
		8 8 1967	20 1 1988
		1 2 1968
		1 2 1968	24 7 1974		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
		20 5 1968		years	Acting Judge of the Supreme Court 1967
		20 5 1968		years
		2 12 1968	2 12 1987
		19 1 1970	15 9 1974
		20 4 1970		years
		2 2 1971		years
		2 2 1971	25 7 1982
		1 4 1971		years
		15.11.1971	29 4 1988		Judge of the Supreme Court
		8 8 1972		years
		16.10.1972		years
		30 1 1973		years
		30 1 1973		years
		27 4 1973		years
		30 5 1973	28 3 1991
		9 10 1973		years
		19 3 1974		years
		7 8 1974		years
		7 8 1974
		11 3 1975	8 4 1994
		1 2 1977 22 1 1993			Head of NSW Crime Commission Acting Judge District Court
		01.02.1977	03.12.1978		Judge of the Supreme Court
		9 3 1977		years
		6 4 1977			Acting Judge District Court
		23 8 1977		years	Judge of the Supreme Court
		4 10 1977	18.08.1980		Judge of the Land and Environment Court
		1 5 1978	17 9 1986
		15 5 1978		years
		15 5 1978	22 3 2004
		28 8 1978
		23 7 1979	18.11.2011		Compensation Court
		31 3 1980	6 7 1987
		5 5 1980	31 1 2003
		18 8 1980
		30 3 1981	17.12.1986
		1 9 1981
		7 9 1981	18.12.1989
		24.11.1981	18 7 1987
		23 8 1982	6 5 2006
		23 8 1982	27 9 2000
		14 3 1983	5 2 2007
		20 5 1983
		3 6 1983	3 6 1985		Judge of the Land and Environment Court Judge of Appeal
		3 8 1983	25 3 1998
		3 8 1983	15 2 1996
		26 8 1983	18.12.1995
		9 9 1983	4 5 1990
		7 10 1983	16 8 2013
		18.11.1983	3 8 2001
		18 6 1984
		31 8 1984	25 7 1989		Judge of the Supreme Court
		31 8 1984	6 12 2005
		23.11.1984	31 5 2012		Compensation Court
		19 4 1985	19.12.1992
		1 7 1985	1 5 1988		Judge of the Family Court
		20.12.1985	5 9 1992
		5 8 1986	1 2 1993		Judge of the Supreme Court
		22 9 1986	27.10.2011
		22 9 1986
		29 9 1986	19 9 1995		Judge of the Federal Court
		7 10 1986
		20.10.1986	1 3 2003
		27 1 1987	18 7 2003
		20 7 1987
		20 7 1987	24 7 2006
		17 8 1987			Subsequently appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court
		17 8 1987	30 4 1988		Subsequently appointed Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW
		19 8 1987	1 2 2009		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
		19 8 1987	30 9 1997
		2 2 1988
		2 2 1988
		4 2 1988
		4 2 1988
		10 5 1988	4 11 2004
		13 5 1988	27 9 2013
		13 5 1988	21 7 1993
		16 5 1988
		20 5 1988	14 7 1997
		30 5 1988	23 9 2009		Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
		9 9 1988
		25.10.1989	21 5 2006
		25.10.1988	1 11 1999
		15.11.1989	19 3 1990
		7 5 1990
		7 5 1990	17.11.1997
		29 6 1990	5 10 2004		member Dust Diseases Tribunal, Compensation Court
		24 9 1990
		30 1 1991
		1 3 1991	16 7 1992
		15 3 1991
		23 8 1991	11 8 2010
		9 9 1991	11 2 2005
		20 9 1991	29 6 2012
		18 3 1992	16.11.2004
		1 4 1992	31 3 2004
		14 5 1992
		11 8 1992	13 6 2004
		11 9 1992	1 6 2007
		9 10 1992	9 10 2006		Compensation Court
		7 10 1992
		27 1 1993	23 9 2009		Compensation Court
		2 2 1993	11 8 2003
		22 2 1993	16 5 2002
		6 9 1993	15.12.2006		Compensation Court
		7 9 1993	17 3 2006		Compensation Court
		8 9 1993	11 3 2004
		1 11 1993	29 8 2014
		28 3 1994	27 3 2004
		2 8 1994			Compensation Court
		30 9 1994	6 5 2016		Compensation Court
		31 1 1995	11 4 2012
		13 3 1995
		30 1 1996
		12 2 1996	27 9 2000
		15 5 1996	6 9 2000		Judge of the Supreme Court
		17 5 1996	15 3 2005
		6 6 1996	14.11.2017		Compensation Court
		13 9 1996	28.10.2013		Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
		28 2 1997
		21 7 1997	24.11.2017
		21 7 1997	28 2 2013
		24 7 1997	5 9 2014		Compensation Court
		25 7 1997	1 6 2006		Compensation Court
		28 7 1997	12 7 2010		Judge of the Family Court
		4 8 1997	16 2 2007
		4 8 1997	13 4 2008
		29 8 1997	19 7 2005
		8 9 1997	15 5 2013		Compensation Court
		21.11.1997	10 2 2017
		24.11.1997	28 8 2010
		3 2 1998	18.12.2010
		3 2 1998	7 10 2009
		4 2 1998	3 7 2014
		10 7 1998	28 7 2013
		7 8 1998	12 4 2005		Judge of the Supreme Court Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption
		10 8 1998	30 4 2014
		13 8 1998
		9 12 1998	17.11.2010		Compensation Court
		15 2 1999
		27 4 1999	1 5 2011
		19 7 1999	30.11.2011
		19 7 1999	29 3 2013
		1 2 2000	13 4 2012
		17 2 2000	28 8 2006		Judge of the Supreme Court, Chief Judge District Court
		8 5 2000	7 2 2013
		8 5 2000	13.11.2015
		3 10 2000			Acting Judge of the Supreme Court 7 Jul to 29 Aug 2008
		3 10 2000	28 1 2019		Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
		20.10.2000	20 2 2015
		7 5 2001
		21 5 2001
		23 7 2001	29 6 2012
		27 8 2001	27 9 2013		Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
		4 3 2002	4 05 2008		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Judge of the Supreme Court
		11 3 2002
		24 6 2002	29 6 2012
		13 9 2002	28 1 2019		Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
		17 2 2003	15 3 2017
		17 2 2003	3 9 2015
		11 8 2003
		3 2 2004	2 2 2014
		14 2 2005	29 7 2016
		11 4 2005	6 5 2008
		4 5 2005	2 3 2009		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Judge of the Supreme Court
		27 7 2005			Senior Judge, Drug Court of New South Wales
		21 4 2006
		1 5 2006
		1 5 2006			President, Children's Court
		11 7 2006	15 5 2018
		15 8 2006	28 1 2018
		30 1 2007
		6 2 2007	28 2 2019		President Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales
		20 3 2007
		16 4 2007	3 2 2018
		5 11 2007	7 12 2018
		30 1 2008			President Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales
		15 5 2008
		15 5 2008	4 7 2016		Judge of the ACT Supreme Court
		17 6 2008
		2 3 2009
		14 4 2009
		14 4 2009
		20 7 2009
		29 7 2009
		20 7 2010			Chief Magistrate Local Court
		27 7 2010
		11 8 2010
		20 9 2010
		7 2 2011
		7 3 2011
		15 3 2011
		13 2 2012
		12 3 2012
		19 3 2012
		16 4 2012
		16 4 2012
		31 5 2012
		24 9 2012
		15.10.2012
		15.10.2012
		6 5 2013
		24 6 2013
		15 7 2013
		16 9 2013
		23 9 2013
		28 4 2014	3 11 2014		Judge of the Supreme Court
		5 5 2014
		1 9 2014
		16.10.2014			Attorney General
		29.10.2014
		17 2 2015
		17 8 2015
		17 8 2015
		7 9 2015	22 8 2016
		19.11.2015
		11 4 2016
		11 4 2016
		18 4 2016
		30 5 2016
		12 7 2016
		8 8 2016
		8 8 2016
		15 8 2016
		15 8 2016
		22 8 2016
		31 1 2017
		3 4 2017
		24 5 2017
		3 10 2017
		30 1 2018
		9 4 2018			Deputy Chief Magistrate Local Court
		22 5 2018
		23 1 2019			President, Workers Compensation Commission of New South Wales
		4 2 2019
		4 2 2019

		7 2 2019
		11 2 2019
		11 2 2019
		14 2 2019
		14 2 2019
		18 2 2019
		18 2 2019			Judge of the Federal Circuit Court
		21 2 2019
		28 2 2019			Judge of the District Court Deputy President, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
		30 9 2019
		30 1 1860	31.12.1860		Master of the Supreme Court
				<1 year
		31 5 1881	28 4 1882		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Judge of the Supreme Court
				years
		1 2 1894 1 2 1905 15 7 1907 1 10 1920	26 2 1894 31 3 1905 26 7 1907 20.11.1920		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
		14.11.1896		years	Attorney General Premier Judge of the Supreme Court
		16.10.1916	14 7 1917		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Judge of the Supreme Court
		27 2 1928 23 7 1928	11 3 1928 31 8 1928		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Judge of the Supreme Court
		7 6 1933	30 6 1933		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Judge of the Supreme Court
		1 2 1939	9 2 1941		Judge of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of NSW Governor of NSW
		1 1 1947	31.12.1947		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court Judge of the Supreme Court
				years	Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption Judge of the Federal Court Judge of Appeal President, Court of Appeal Governor of NSW
				years	Judge of the Supreme Court
		1 7 1998	11 4 2002		Judge of the Supreme Court President Industrial Commission of NSW
		1 2 1988	2 1 1990		Acting Judge of the Supreme Court
			31.12.1990		Director of Public Prosecutions
				years	Judge of the Supreme Court
				years	Judge of the Supreme Court

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