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Edmond Barton

The Right Honourable
Sir Edmund Barton
GCMG, PC, KC
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1st Prime Minister of Australia
Elections: 1901
In office
1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903
Monarch Victoria
Edward VII
Governor-General Marquess of Linlithgow
Baron Tennyson
Deputy Alfred Deakin
Preceded by Position Established
Succeeded by Alfred Deakin
Justice of the High Court
In office
5 October 1903 – 7 January 1920
Nominated by Alfred Deakin
Appointed by Baron Tennyson
Preceded by Position Established
Succeeded by Hayden Starke
Minister for External Affairs
In office
1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Position Established
Succeeded by Alfred Deakin
Leader of the Protectionist Party
In office
1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903
Deputy Alfred Deakin
Succeeded by Alfred Deakin
Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
In office
3 January 1883 – 31 January 1887
Preceded by Sir George Wigram Allen
Succeeded by James Young
Member of the Australian Parliament for Hunter
In office
30 March 1901 – 16 December 1903
Preceded by Seat Created
Succeeded by Frank Liddell
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Hastings and Macleay
In office
23 November 1898 – 1 March 1900
Preceded by Francis Clarke
Succeeded by Francis Clarke
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for East Sydney
In office
11 July 1891 – 3 August 1894
Serving with William McMillan; George Reid; Varney Parkes
Succeeded by District Abolished
In office
28 December 1882 – 2 March 1887
Serving with George Reid; Sydney Burdekin; John McElhone; George Griffiths; Henry Copeland
Preceded by Arthur Renwick
Succeeded by William McMillan
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Wellington
In office
14 December 1880 – 28 December 1882
Preceded by John Shepherd
Succeeded by David Ferguson
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for University of Sydney
In office
26 August 1879 – 14 December 1880
Preceded by William Windeyer
Succeeded by District Abolished
Personal details
Born (1849-01-18)18 January 1849
Glebe, New South Wales, British Empire
Died 7 January 1920(1920-01-07) (aged 70)
Hydro Majestic Hotel, Medlow Bath, New South Wales, Australia
Resting place Waverley Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
Political party Protectionist (after 1887)
Other political
affiliations
None (until 1887)
Spouse(s) Jane Ross
(m. 1877; wid. 1920)
Children 6
Education
Alma mater University of Sydney
Profession Trade Unionist
Barrister
Politician

Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, PC, KC (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920) was an Australian politician and judge. He served as the first Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903 before leaving parliament to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia until his death.

Barton was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of University of Sydney at the 1879 by-election and would go on to represent a further three seats. Barton contributed to the Australian federation movement through the 1890s and would move to the Australian House of Representatives seat of Hunter at the inaugural 1901 federal election. Despite the initial stumble of the Hopetoun Blunder, Barton went to the election as the incumbent Prime Minister of Australia and head of the interim caretaker Protectionist Party minority government. The incumbent Protectionist Party won the highest vote and largest number of seats, but had to rely on confidence and supply from the Australian Labour Party on the crossbench to wield a working parliamentary majority against the opposition Free Trade Party.


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