Peter Damien Quinlan, SC is the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia. He was sworn in on the 27 November 2019. He is also the Chief Justice of Western Australia. His appointment was announced on 1 August 2018, and took effect on 13 August. He was the Solicitor-General of Western Australia from 2016 to 2018. Quinlan attended John XXIII College before studied commerce and law at the

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; he won the HCF Keall Prize for best final year student. He worked in the Crown Solicitor's Office from 1993 to 1995 as an assistant to the Solicitor General, then again from 1996 working in constitutional and administrative law. In 2001, Quinlan commenced practising as a

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. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2010, and was president of the WA

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from 2012 to 2015. He was appointed as Solicitor-General of Western Australia on 1 July 2016. He has also served as director of the Law Council of Australia, and on the board of governors for the

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Personal life

Quinlan is married with five children. He is the great great grandson of a convict transportee,

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The Hon Chief Justice Peter Damien Quinlan
Supreme Court of Western Australia website {{DEFAULTSORT:Quinlan, Peter Living people Australian Senior Counsel Chief justices of Western Australia Solicitors-general of Western Australia 1970 births University of Western Australia alumni Judges of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 21st-century Australian judges