Alan Demack

Alan George Demack (23 September 1934 – 28 January 2025) was an Australian judge.

Aside from his lengthy legal career, 22 years of which were spent as a judge with the Supreme Court of Queensland, Demack is arguably best known for being Queensland's first Integrity Commissioner.

He then studied law while living at King's College at the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1957.

Throughout the 1970's, Demack held a number of executive positions including chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into the Status of Women, chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into Youth, chairperson of the Queensland Marriage Guidance Council and as chairperson of the Queensland Government committee inquiring into teacher education.

While living in Rockhampton, Demack became heavily involved in the community. He served as a chairperson of the board of management of Lifeline Rockhampton, he was the chairperson of the government committee examining the transition of Capricornia College of Advanced Education to university status. He also served as chairperson of the special committee to inquire into the Laws Relating to Artificial Insemination, In Vitro Fertilisation and Other Related Matters.

Upon his resignation from the Supreme Court of Queensland on 19 May 2000, Demack became the longest-serving judge in the Central Region's history with over 22 years of service.

In 2019, he authored Pulpit, Pew and Public Life: The Christian and the Secular Nation.

Personal life and death Demack married Dorothy Alexander at Murrumbeena, Victoria on 21 March 1959. The couple had met in Armidale, New South Wales while she was attending an Australian Student Christian Movement conference while she was serving as the president of the University of Melbourne's SCM committee.

After 65 years of marriage, Demack's wife Dorothy died on 9 May 2024.

Demack died on 28 January 2025, at the age of 90. His death prompted a number of tributes from the community including former state Labor MP Robert Schwarten who praised Demack as "a man of supreme dignity and strict adherance to the law and also very committed to his church and to the community". Also that year, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Central Queensland University.

In 2001, Demack was made an honorary life member of the Queensland Bar Association.