Barton ministry | |
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1st Ministry of Australia | |
Date formed | 1 January 1901 |
Date dissolved | 24 September 1903 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch |
Victoria Edward VII |
Governor-General |
Lord Hopetoun Lord Tennyson |
Prime Minister | Sir Edmund Barton |
No. of ministers | 11 |
Member party | Protectionist |
Status in legislature | Minority government ( Labour support) |
Opposition party | Free Trade |
Opposition leader | George Reid |
History | |
Election(s) | 29–30 March 1901 |
Legislature term(s) | 1st |
Successor | First Deakin ministry |
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Term of government (1901–1903)
Justice of the High Court of Australia (1903–1920) |
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The Barton ministry ( Protectionist) was the 1st ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 1st prime minister, Sir Edmund Barton. The Barton ministry was formed on 1 January 1901 when Federation took place. The ministry was replaced by the First Deakin ministry on 24 September 1903 following Barton's retirement from Parliament to enter the inaugural High Court. [1]
James Drake, who died in 1941, was the last surviving member of the Barton ministry; Drake was also the last surviving minister of the First Deakin ministry and the Reid government. Elliot Lewis was the last surviving member of the inaugural Barton ministry.
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Protectionist |
Rt Hon.
(Sir) Edmund Barton (
GCMG) (
KC) (1849–1920) |
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Hon.
Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) |
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Hon.
Sir William Lyne
KCMG (1844–1913) |
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Rt Hon.
Charles Kingston
KC (1850–1908)
MP for
South Australia |
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Rt Hon.
Sir George Turner
KCMG (1851–1916) |
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Hon.
Sir James Dickson
KCMG (1832–1901) [2] |
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Rt Hon.
Sir John Forrest
GCMG (1847–1918) |
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Hon.
Richard O'Connor
KC (1851–1912)
Senator for
New South Wales |
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Hon.
Elliott Lewis (1858-1935) [3] |
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Hon.
James Drake (1850–1941)
Senator for
Queensland |
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Hon.
Sir Philip Fysh
KCMG (1835–1919)
MP for
Tasmania |
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