Pope Cooper

Sir Pope Alexander Cooper (12 May 184630 August 1923) was an attorney-general and a chief judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia.

Career There was animosity between the Labor government and the judges, playing out through a series of cases challenging government actions and legislation. The parliament undermined his security of tenure by passing the Judges Retirement Act 1921 (Qld), the effect of which was that immediately upon proclamation three out of six judges, Cooper and Justices Real and Chubb were compulsorily retired, which permitted the government to appoint new judges, including Thomas McCawley as the new Chief Justice. Cooper died on 30 August 1923.

Pope Alexander Cooper's headstone at Brisbane's Toowong Cemetery.

Legacy He was knighted 1904 and was created a KCMG in 1908.