What blunder occurred prior to Barton's commissioning to form a government?
Hopetoun Blunder
Parkes Blunder
Melbourne Mistake
Sydney Slip
Answer
**Hopetoun Blunder**: Before Edmund Barton became Australia’s first Prime Minister, Lord Hopetoun, the Governor-General, initially offered the position to George Reid, the Premier of New South Wales, who declined due to believing he did not have the support of the majority in the House of Representatives, despite Hopetoun believing otherwise.
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