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Barton ministry
Flag of Australia (1901–1903).svg
1st Ministry of Australia
Barton Ministry (cropped).jpg
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 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

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.

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.

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

Ministry

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
  Protectionist 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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  • Minister for Home Affairs (to 11 August 1903)
  • Minister for Trade and Customs (from 11 August 1903)
  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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  • Treasurer
  Hon. Sir James Dickson KCMG
(1832–1901)		 James Robert Dickson.jpg
  • Minister for Defence (to 10 January 1901)
  Rt Hon. Sir John Forrest GCMG
(1847–1918)

MP for Swan
(1901–1918)

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  • Postmaster-General (to 17 January 1901)
  • Minister for Defence (from 17 January 1901 to 10 August 1903)
  • Minister for Home Affairs (from 11 August 1903)
  Hon. Richard O'Connor KC
(1851–1912)

Senator for New South Wales
(1901–1903)

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  • Vice-President of the Executive Council
  • Leader of the Government in the Senate
  Hon. Elliott Lewis
(1858-1935)		 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)
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