List of Australian Commonwealth Ombudsmen

Ombudsman	Appointed
Prof. Jack Richardson	March 1977 [1]
Air Vice-Marshal Jordan AO (Acting)	23 September 1985 [2]
Geoffery Kolts	1 July 1986
Kevin Sainsbury (Acting)	31 October 1987 [3]
Prof. Dennis Pearce	1 February 1988 [4]
Alan Cameron	1 April 1991 [5]
Lindsay Shaw (Acting)	December 1992 [6]
Philippa Smith	17 May 1993 [7]
Ron McLeod	18 February 1998 [8]
John McMillan	16 May 2003 [9]
Allan Asher	23 July 2010 [10]
Alison Larkins (Acting)	20 October 2011 [11]
Colin Neave	16 August 2012 [12]
Michael Manthorpe	8 May 2017[13]

References

1. Ombudsman's office, 1986-1987 (Geoffery Colts) Archived 2013-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
2. Ombudsman's office, 1986-1987 (Geoffery Colts)
3. Ombudsman's office, 1988-1991 (Prof. Dennis Pearce)) Archived 2013-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
4. Ombudsman's office, 1988-1991 (Prof. Dennis Pearce))
5. Ombudsman's office, 1991-1992 (Alan Cameron) Archived 2013-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
6. Ombudsman's office, 1993-1998 (Philippa Smith) Archived 2013-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
7. Ombudsman's office, 1993-1998 (Philippa Smith)
8. Ombudsman's office, 1998-2003 (Ron McLeod) Archived 2013-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
9. Appointment heralds a new direction: Ombudsman Archived 2013-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
10. Appointment of Commonwealth Ombudsman Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
11. Ombudsman resigns Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
12. Appointment of Commonwealth Ombudsman Archived 2013-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
13. Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr Michael Manthorpe