page_title: Barton Ministry
hierarchical_section_title: Barton Ministry
caption_attribution_description: Members of the inaugural Federal Executive Council (Australia), including all nine members of the Barton Ministry, Australia's first national cabinet. Standing: John Forrest (Postmaster-General), George Turner (Treasurer), Richard O'Connor (Vice-President of the Executive Council), Elliott Lewis (Honorary Minister), James Robert Dickson (Minister for Defence), Alfred Deakin (Attorney-General), Alexander Budge (Clerk of the Executive Council), Charles Kingston (Minister for Trade and Customs) Seated: Edmund Barton (Minister for External Affairs), Lord Hopetoun (Governor-General), William Lyne (Minister for Home Affairs)
context_page_description: The Barton Ministry 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.
  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.
context_section_description: 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.
  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.
caption: 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.
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