Barton ministry

Barton ministry
1st Ministry of Australia
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	29–30 March 1901
Legislature term	1st
Successor	First Deakin ministry

This article is part of a series about Edmund Barton
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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.