Edmund Barton
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The Right Honourable Sir Edmund Barton GCMG, KC |
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1st Prime Minister of Australia Elections: 1901 |
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In office 1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 5 October 1903 – 7 January 1920 |
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| Nominated by | Alfred Deakin |
| Appointed by | Baron Tennyson |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Hayden Starke |
| Minister for External Affairs | |
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In office 1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Deakin |
| Leader of the Protectionist Party | |
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In office 1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903 |
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| Deputy | Alfred Deakin |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Deakin |
| Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 3 January 1883 – 31 January 1887 |
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| Preceded by | Sir George Wigram Allen |
| Succeeded by | James Young |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Hunter | |
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In office 30 March 1901 – 16 December 1903 |
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| Preceded by | Seat Created |
| Succeeded by | Frank Liddell |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Hastings and Macleay |
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In office 23 November 1898 – 1 March 1900 |
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| Preceded by | Francis Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Francis Clarke |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for East Sydney |
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In office 11 July 1891 – 3 August 1894 Serving with William McMillan; George Reid; Varney Parkes |
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| Succeeded by | District Abolished |
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In office 28 December 1882 – 2 March 1887 Serving with George Reid; Sydney Burdekin; John McElhone; George Griffiths; Henry Copeland |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Renwick |
| Succeeded by | William McMillan |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Wellington |
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In office 14 December 1880 – 28 December 1882 |
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| Preceded by | John Shepherd |
| Succeeded by | David Ferguson |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for University of Sydney |
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In office 26 August 1879 – 14 December 1880 |
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| Preceded by | William Windeyer |
| Succeeded by | District Abolished |
| Personal details | |
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18 January 1849 Glebe, Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 7 January 1920 (aged 70) Hydro Majestic Hotel, Medlow Bath, New South Wales, Australia |
| Resting place | Waverley Cemetery, Sydney |
| Nationality | British subject |
| Political party | Protectionist |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Mason Ross |
| Children | 6 |
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| Religion | Anglicanism |
Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, 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 and became a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.
Barton first became an MP in 1879, in the Parliament of New South Wales. He contributed to the federation movement through the 1890s, eventually contesting the inaugural 1901 federal election as head of a caretaker Protectionist Party federal government, after the initial confusion of the Hopetoun Blunder. No party won a majority; however, he was able to form government with support from the Australian Labor Party, against the opposition Free Trade Party.
Barton resigned as Prime Minister in 1903 to become a judge of the High Court of Australia, serving until his death in 1920.
Barton was born in the Sydney suburb of Glebe, the ninth child of English parents William Barton, a stockbroker, and Mary Louise Barton (née Whydah). He was baptised at St James Church, Sydney on 4 July 1849. He was educated at Fort Street Model School and Sydney Grammar School, where he was twice dux and School Captain and met his lifelong friend and later fellow Justice of the High Court of Australia, Richard O'Connor. He graduated with first-class honours and the University Medal in classics from the University of Sydney, where he also demonstrated considerable skill as a cricketer in batting, but not in fielding. He was also an active founding member of the Sydney Rowing Club. Barton became a barrister in 1871. On a cricketing trip to Newcastle in 1870 he met Jane Mason Ross, whom he married in 1877.
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