Edmund Barton

Edmund Barton
Date of birth	18 January 1849
Date of death	7 January 1920
Wife	Jean Barton
Party	Protectionist Party
As Prime Minister
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The Rt Hon. Sir Edmund Barton was the first Prime Minister of Australia, and had been in politics in the New South Wales colonial parliament and involved with the Federal Convention which led to the federation of the Australian colonies.

Barton also led a delegation to London to oversee the passage of the Constitution Bill through the British Parliament, which became Australia's constitution.

Source

• National Museum of Australia Edmond Barton

Australian Prime Ministers
Edmund Barton (1901) Alfred Deakin (1903, 1905, and 1909) John Watson (1904) George Reid (1904) Andrew Fisher (1908, 1910, and 1914) Joseph Cook (1913) William Hughes (1915)	Stanley Bruce (1923) James Scullin (1929) Joseph Lyons (1932) Earle Page (1939) Robert Menzies (1939 and 1949) Arthur Fadden (1941) John Curtin (1941)	Francis Forde (1945) Joseph Chifley (1945) Harold Holt (1966) John McEwen (1967) John Gorton (1968) William McMahon (1971) Gough Whitlam (1972)	Malcolm Fraser (1975) Robert Hawke (1983) Paul Keating (1991) John Howard (1996) Kevin Rudd (2007)