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For Peace, Order and Good Government: The first Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
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Origins
Early proposals
Six colonies
Drafting a constitution
Declaration of the Commonwealth
Election
Conducting the first Federal election
Who could vote?
The election campaign
Opening
9 May 1901
The royal visit
Celebrations
Members
The first federal parliamentarians
Ministry of May, 1901
Edmund Barton
Work
Political parties
Legislative program
Relationship between the houses
Administration

Members of the First Parliament

The First One hundred and Eleven

There were 36 senators and 75 members of the House of Representatives in the inaugural Parliament. They were a diverse group of individuals.
At the opening of the federal Parliament - Bulletin 18 May 1901