Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs (Bahamas)

The Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs provides legal advice to the government of the Bahamas in national and international matters.

List of Attorneys-General of the Colony of the Bahamas
This is an incomplete listing of Attorneys-General before 1973.


 * William Wylly (1799-1821)
 * Bruce Burnside (1875-1879)
 * William Rees-Davies (c. 1897-1902)
 * Frederick Chester Wells-Durrant (1909-1921)
 * G T Watts (1930 -unknown)
 * John Bowes Griffin (1936-1939)
 * O H Curry
 * Lionel (L.A.W.) Orr (1955-1963)
 * Kendal Isaacs  (1963-1965)
 * Gerald Collett QC (unk-1973)

List of Attorneys-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs (Post-Independence in 1973)

 * Paul Adderley (1973-1989)  [1st Attorney General - Post Independence]
 * Sean G.A. McWeeney (1989-1992)
 * Orville Turnquest (1992-1995)
 * Brent Symonette (1995)
 * Janet Bostwick (1995-1997) [1st female]
 * Tennyson Wells (1997-2001)
 * Carl Wilshire Bethel (2001-2002)
 * Alfred Sears (2002-2006)
 * Allyson Maynard Gibson (2006-2007)
 * Claire Hepburn (2007-2008)
 * Michael Barnett (2008-2009)
 * John Delaney (2009-2012)
 * Allyson Maynard Gibson (2012-2017)
 * Carl Wilshire Bethel (2017–2021)
 * Ryan Pinder (2021–presentt)