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The Federal Executive Council is a body established by section 62 of the Australian Constitution to advise the governor-general of Australia, [1] [2] on the matters of the federal government. The council comprises, at least notionally, all current and former Commonwealth ministers and assistant ministers.
The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (Imp) was granted royal assent on 9 July 1900. It consists of nine sections. Section 9 contains the Constitution itself. Since the Constitution itself is divided into sections, sections 1 to 8 of the Act have come to be known for convenience as the "covering clauses".
The Barton government was the first federal executive government of the Commonwealth of Australia.It was led by Prime Minister Sir Edmund Barton, from 1 January 1901 until 24 September 1903, when Barton resigned to become one of the three founding judges of the High Court of Australia.
Re-elected. Last surviving member of the 1901-1903 Senate Thomas Playford II (1837–1915) Protectionist: South Australia: 31 December 1906 30 March 1901: 31 December 1906: Vice-President of the Executive Council from 24 September 1903 to 27 April 1904; Leader of the Government in the Senate from 24 September 1903 to 27 April 1904
Prior to the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, colonial and state governments also appointed a Vice-President of the Executive Council, and some have kept the title. The Colony of New South Wales was the first to appoint a Vice-President of the Executive Council (New South Wales) , on 3 October 1856, in the Parker ministry of ...
(1901–1903) Vice-President of the Executive Council; Leader of the Government in the Senate Hon. Elliott Lewis (1858-1935) [3] Minister without Portfolio (to 23 April 1901) Hon. James Drake (1850–1941) Senator for Queensland (1901–1906) (in Ministry from 5 February 1901) Postmaster-General (from 5 February 1901 to 10 August 1903)
The 1901 election was the only one of two occasions in Australia's history that the entire country did not go to the polls on the same day in a general election, the second occasion being the 1993 "supplementary election" in the Division of Dickson. This election was also the only time that an election or any part thereof was held on a day ...
The name of the government in the Constitution of Australia is the "Government of the Commonwealth". [15] This was the name used in many early federal government publications. [16] However, in 1965 Robert Menzies indicated his preference for the name "Australian Government" in order to prevent confusion with the new Commonwealth of Nations. [17]