Barton Ministry

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Barton Ministry
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1st Ministry of Australia
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Governor-General Lord Hopetoun with first arrangement of newly appointed ministers to the Barton Ministry on 1 January 1901. Sir James Dickson (fifth standing to the left) would be dead nine days later.
Date formed1 January 1901
Date dissolved24 September 1903
People and organisations
MonarchVictoria
Edward VII
Governor-GeneralLord Hopetoun
Lord Tennyson
Prime MinisterSir Edmund Barton
No. of ministers11
Member partyProtectionist
Status in legislatureMinority government (Labour support)
Opposition partyFree Trade
Opposition leaderGeorge Reid
History
Election(s)29-30 March 1901
Legislature term(s)1st
SuccessorFirst Deakin Ministry
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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 and Australia became fully independent from the United Kingdom. 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.

The Barton Ministry in 1902 with Australia's second Governor-General Lord Tennyson.

Ministry[]

Minister Portrait Portfolio
  Rt Hon (Sir) Edmund Barton (GCMG) (KC)
(1849–1920)

MP for Hunter
(1901–1903)

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  Hon Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)

MP for Ballaarat
(1901–1913)

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  Hon Sir William Lyne KCMG
(1844–1913)

MP for Hume
(1901–1913)

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  Rt Hon Charles Kingston KC
(1850–1908)

MP for South Australia
(1901–1903)

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  • Minister for Trade and Customs (to 24 July 1903)
  Rt Hon Sir George Turner KCMG
(1851–1916)

MP for Balaclava
(1901–1906)

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  Hon Sir James Dickson KCMG
(1832–1901)[2] 		James Robert Dickson.jpg
  Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG
(1847–1918)

MP for Swan
(1901–1918)

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  Hon Richard O'Connor KC
(1851–1912)

Senator for New South Wales
(1901–1903)

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  Hon Elliott Lewis
(1858-1935)[3] 		Neil Elliott Lewis.jpg
  • Minister without Portfolio (to 23 April 1901)
  Hon James Drake
(1850–1941)

Senator for Queensland
(1901–1906) (in Ministry from 5 February 1901)

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  • Postmaster-General (from 5 February 1901 to 10 August 1903)
  • Minister for Defence (from 10 August 1903)
  Hon Sir Philip Fysh KCMG
(1835–1919)

MP for Tasmania
(1901–1903) (in Ministry from 23 April 1901)

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  • Minister without Portfolio (from 23 April 1901 to 10 August 1903)
  • Postmaster-General (from 10 August 1903)

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  2. ^ Dickson was Premier of Queensland 1898-99. He was intending to seek election to the Commonwealth Parliament but died on 10 January 1901.
  3. ^ Lewis was Premier of Tasmania 1899-1903, 1909, 1909-12. He did not seek election to the Commonwealth Parliament.
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