COMMONWEALTH MINISTRIES
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Ministers appear in the order given in successive editions of the Commonwealth 
Parliamentary Handbook. Later appointments appear in chronological order.

Barton Ministry (1 January 1901 to 24 September 1903)
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Protectionist

Rt Hon Sir Edmund Barton MP: Prime Minister, Minister for External Affairs
Hon Alfred Deakin MP: Attorney-General 
Hon Sir William Lyne MP: Minister for Home Affairs to 11 August 1903. Minister for Trade 
  and Customs from 11 August 1903
Rt Hon Sir George Turner MP: Treasurer
Rt Hon Charles Kington MP: Minister for Trade and Customs to 24 July 1903
Hon James Dickson: Minister for Defence to 10 January 1901
Rt Hon Sir John Forrest MP: Postmaster-General to 17 January 1901. Minister for Defence
  from 17 January 1901
Senator Hon Richard O'Connor: Vice-President of the Executive Council
Neil Lewis: Minister without Portfolio to 23 April 1901
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Senator Hon James Drake: Postmaster-General 5 February 1901 to 10 August 1903. Minister 
  for Defence from 10 August 1903
Hon Sir Philip Fysh MP: Minister without Portfolio 26 April 1901 to 10 August 1903.
Postmaster-General from 10 August 1903

Dickson died 10 January 1901
Lewis did not contest the March 1901 election.