Fourth Cabinet of J. B. M. Hertzog

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Fourth Hertzog Cabinet

8th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa
(since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1938–1943
Barry Hertzog (c. 1920)
Date formed18 May 1938 (1938-05-18)
Date dissolved17 July 1943 (1943-07-17)
People and organisations
MonarchKing George VI
Governor-GeneralSir Patrick Duncan
Prime Minister
Member party
Status in legislature
Opposition partyPurified National Party
Opposition leaderDaniël Malan
History
Election1938 election
Legislature terms5 years, 1 month and 29 days
PredecessorHertzog III
SuccessorSmuts III
8th Cabinet of Union of South Africa
(c.1939)
Front (left to right): J. H. Hofmeyr, Jan Smuts, Patrick Duncan, D. Reitz, R. Stuttaford, and W. R. Collins,
Back (left to right): Colin Steyn, H. C. Lawrence, A. M. Conroy, P. van der Byl, C. F. Sturrock, C. F. Clarkson, C. F. Stallard, W. B. Madeley.

Cabinet

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Post Minister Term Party
Prime Minister Gen. Barry Hertzog 1938 1939 UP
Minister of External Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Jan Smuts 1938 1939 UP
Minister of Justice
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry The Hon. W. R. Collins MP 1938 – UP
Minister of Commerce and Industry The Hon. Oswald Pirow MP 1938 1939 UP
Minister of Defence
Minister of Education The Hon. Henry Fagan MP 1938 1939 UP
Minister of Native Affairs
Minister of Social Welfare
Minister of Finance The Hon. N. C. Havenga MP 1938 1939 UP
Minister of Interior Affairs The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP 1938 1939 UP
Minister of Public Health
Minister of Labour The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP 1938 1939 UP
Minister of Lands The Hon. Jan Kemp MP 1938 1939 UP
Minister of Mines The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP 1938 1939 UP
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP 1938 1939 UP
Minister of Public Works
Minister of Railways and Harbours The Hon. Adriaan Fourie MP 1938 1939 UP
Minister without Portfolio The Hon. Robert Henderson MP 1938 1939 UP

Changes 5 September 1939

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Smuts became Prime Minister and formed his own cabinet after Hertzog was deposed by the party caucus.

Post Minister Term Party
Prime Minister Gen. Jan Smuts 1939 1943 UP
Minister of Defence
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry The Hon. W. R. Collins MP 1938 1943 UP
Minister of Commerce and Industry The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP 1939 1941 UP
Minister of Education The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyer MP 1939 1943 UP
Minister of Finance
Minister of Interior Affairs The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP 1939 1943 UP
Minister of Public Health
Minister of Justice The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP 1939 1943 UP
Minister of Labour The Hon. Walter Madeley MP 1939 1943 Labour
Minister of Social Welfare
Minister of Lands The Hon. A.M. Conroy MP 1939 1943 UP
Minister of Mines The Hon. C. F. Stallard MP 1939 1943 Dominion
Minister of Native Affairs The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP 1939 1943 UP
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP 1939 1943 UP
Minister of Public Works
Minister without Portfolio The Hon. P. V. G. van der Byl MP 1939 1943 UP

Changes 1941

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Post Minister Term Party
Minister of Commerce and Industry The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP 1941 1943 UP

Sources

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  • "Geocities – South Africa". Geocities (Web Archive). Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
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