Edmund Barton
Rt Hon Sir Edmund Barton | |
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1st Prime Minister of Australia | |
In office 1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903 | |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Alfred Deakin |
Constituency | Hunter (New South Wales) |
Personal details | |
Born | Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales | 18 January 1849
Died | 7 January 1920 Medlow Bath, New South Wales | (aged 70)
Political party | Protectionist |
Sir Edmund Barton (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920) was an Australian politician. He became the first Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903. He was born in the suburb of Glebe in 1849 and died from heart failure in Meadlow Bath in 1920.
He was elected to the first Australian parliament in 1901 as the member for Hunter. He had a big part in making Australia a nation. His government passed laws stopping non-white people from coming to Australia and allowing women to vote in elections.[1] After he was Prime Minister he became a judge of the High Court.
Political career[change | change source]
Barton was chosen as the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1883. He served as the speaker until 1887. In 1891, he was a member of the committee writing the Constitution of Australia. In 1900, he led a group of Australians to London to present the country's first Constitution to the British Parliament. Barton was elected as Australia's first Prime Minister on 1 January 1901, when the new constitution went into effect. He also served as the Minister External Affairs (foreign policy and international relations). He resigned on 24 September 1903, and became a senior judge in the new High Court of Australia, and held that position until his death in 1920.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Biography". primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
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- Cardiovascular disease deaths in Australia
- Deaths from heart failure
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