John McKechnie
John Roderick McKechnie AO KC (born 1 November 1950) is the Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia. He is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia, and formerly served as the State's first Director of Public Prosecutions.
The Hon. John Roderick McKechnie AO KC | |
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| Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission | |
| In office 28 June 2021 – present 28 April 2015 – 28 April 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Macknay QC |
| Judge, Supreme Court of Western Australia | |
| In office 2 March 1999 – 22 April 2015 | |
| Director of Public Prosecutions, Government of Western Australia | |
| In office December 1991 – 1 March 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1950 |
He attended Scotch College from 1963 until 1967, then graduated in law from the University of Western Australia in 1972. He then took articles with Jackson McDonald & Co, before joining the Crown Law Department. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1989, and then in December 1991 was appointed by the Government of Western Australia as the state's first Director of Public Prosecutions. During his eight-year term in this role, the department processed on average 2,500 prosecutions per year.
On 2 March 1999, he was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
He retired from the Supreme Court on 22 April 2015 to take up an appointment as the Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission.