Editing Anthony Mason (judge) (section)

{{Short description|Australian judge}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Sir Anthony Mason
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AC|KBE}} {{post-nominals|country=HKG|size=100%|GBM}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|KC}}
| nationality         = Australian
| image               = Anthony Mason, Solicitor-General of Australia (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Mason c. 1968
| order               = [[Chief Justice of Australia]]
| term_start          = 6 February 1987
| term_end            = 20 April 1995
| appointer           = [[Ninian Stephen|Sir Ninian Stephen]]
| nominator           = [[Bob Hawke]]
| predecessor         = [[Harry Gibbs|Sir Harry Gibbs]]
| successor           = [[Gerard Brennan|Sir Gerard Brennan]]
| office2             = [[List of Justices of the High Court of Australia|Justice of the High Court of Australia]]
| term_start2         = 7 August 1972
| term_end2           = 6 February 1987
| nominator2          = [[William McMahon]]
| appointer2          = [[Paul Hasluck|Sir Paul Hasluck]]
| predecessor2        = [[William Owen (judge)|Sir William Owen]]
| successor2          = [[Mary Gaudron]]
| office3             = [[List of Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales|Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales]]
| term_start3         = 1 May 1969
| term_end3           = 6 August 1972
| nominator3          = [[Robert Askin]]
| appointer3          = [[Roden Cutler|Sir Roden Cutler]]
| predecessor3        = ''New Seat''
| successor3          = [[Robert Marsden Hope|Robert Hope]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=y|1925|04|21}}
| birth_place         = Sydney, Australia
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| religion            = 
| relations = [[Harold Mason (politician)|Harold Mason]] (uncle)
| education           = [[University of Sydney]]
}}

'''Sir Anthony Frank Mason''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|KBE}} {{post-nominals|country=HKG|GBM}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|KC}} <small>HonFAIB DistFRSN</small> (born 21 April 1925) is an Australian judge who served as the ninth [[Chief Justice of Australia]], in office from 1987 to 1995. He was first appointed to the [[High Court of Australia|High Court]] in 1972, having previously served on the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales]].