Fourth Cabinet of J. B. M. Hertzog

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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PostMinisterTermParty
Prime Minister Gen. Barry Hertzog19381939UP
Minister of External Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Jan Smuts19381939UP
Minister of Justice
Minister of Agriculture and ForestryThe Hon. W. R. Collins MP1938UP
Minister of Commerce and Industry The Hon. Oswald Pirow MP19381939UP
Minister of Defence
Minister of Education The Hon. Henry Fagan MP19381939UP
Minister of Native Affairs
Minister of Social Welfare
Minister of Finance The Hon. N. C. Havenga MP19381939UP
Minister of Interior Affairs The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP19381939UP
Minister of Public Health
Minister of Labour The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP19381939UP
Minister of Lands The Hon. Jan Kemp MP19381939UP
Minister of Mines The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP19381939UP
Minister of Posts and TelegraphsThe Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP19381939UP
Minister of Public Works
Minister of Railways and Harbours The Hon. Adriaan Fourie MP19381939UP
Minister without PortfolioThe Hon. Robert Henderson MP19381939UP

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.

PostMinisterTermParty
Prime Minister Gen. Jan Smuts19391943UP
Minister of Defence
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Agriculture and ForestryThe Hon. W. R. Collins MP19381943UP
Minister of Commerce and Industry The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP19391941UP
Minister of Education The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyer MP19391943UP
Minister of Finance
Minister of Interior Affairs The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP19391943UP
Minister of Public Health
Minister of Justice The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP19391943UP
Minister of Labour The Hon. Walter Madeley MP19391943Labour
Minister of Social Welfare
Minister of LandsThe Hon. A.M. Conroy MP19391943UP
Minister of Mines The Hon. C. F. Stallard MP19391943Dominion
Minister of Native Affairs The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP19391943UP
Minister of Posts and TelegraphsThe Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP19391943UP
Minister of Public Works
Minister without PortfolioThe Hon. P. V. G. van der Byl MP19391943UP

Changes 1941

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PostMinisterTermParty
Minister of Commerce and Industry The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP19411943UP

Sources

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