Edward Woodward (judge)

Sir Albert Edward Woodward AC, OBE, QC (6 August 1928 – 15 April 2010) was an Australian jurist.

He was President of the Trade Practices Tribunal, 1974–76 and a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, 1977–90.

In 1990 he succeeded Sir Roy Douglas Wright as Chancellor of his alma mater, the University of Melbourne, a post he held until 2001.

[1] Woodward was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1969, for service as Royal Commissioner into the Stevedoring Industry.

He declined the governorship of Victoria on the grounds that he did not think it was appropriate for an atheist to hold the position.