J. B. M. Hertzog government

Hertzog ministry
3rd Cabinet of the Union of South Africa
Date formed30 June 1924
People and organisations
Head of stateGeorge V
Edward VIII
George VI
Head of governmentJ. B. M. Hertzog
Member partyNational Party
Opposition partySouth African Party (1924–1933)
Purified National Party (1934–1939)
Opposition leaderJan Smuts (1924–1933)
Daniel François Malan (1934–1939)
History
Election(s)1924
1929
1933
1938
PredecessorFirst Jan Smuts government
SuccessorSecond Jan Smuts government

Ministers

First Hertzog Cabinet

The general election of 1924 led to the first political transition since the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. The training that J. B. M. Hertzog between 1924 and 1929 government was a coalition between the National Party (NP) and the Labour Party (LP).

Office Name Dates
Prime Minister and Minister of Native Affairs J. B. M. Hertzog 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1927 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Agriculture Jan Kemp 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Defence Frederic Creswell 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Finance Nicolaas Havenga 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Justice Tielman Roos 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of the Interior
Minister of Education
Minister of Public Health
Daniel François Malan 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Irrigation Ernest George Jansen 1928 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Lands Peter Grobler 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Labour Frederic Creswell 30 June 1924 – 1925
Thomas Boydell 1925 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Mines and Industry Frederick William Beyers 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Railways and Harbors Charles Wynand Malan 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Public Works Thomas Boydell
Walter Madeley
Henry William Sampson
1924–25
1925–28
1928–29
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs Thomas Boydell
Walter Madeley
Henry William Sampson
1924–25
1925–28
1928–29

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Second Hertzog Cabinet

The 1929 general election was won by the National Party (41% of votes) due to its absolute majority in seats (78) facing the South African Party who had received 47% of the vote, but only 61 representatives. Although the National Party had a majority government, Hertzog renewed the electoral alliance with the Labour Party (8 elected), Frederic Creswell

Office Name Dates
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs J. B. M. Hertzog 14 June 1929 – 17 May 1933
Minister of the Interior
Minister of Education
Minister of Public Health
Daniel François Malan 30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Ernest George Jansen, Ministers of Native Affairs and Irrigation
Nicolaas Havenga, Minister of Finance
Oswald Pirow, Minister of Justice
Frederic Creswell, LP, Minister of Defence, Minister of Labour
Minister of Railways and Harbors Charles Wynand Malan
Minister of Lands Peter Grobler
Minister of Agriculture Jan Kemp
Minister of Mines and Industry Adriaan Fourie
Minister of Public Works and Posts and Telegraphs Henry William Sampson LP

See also

References

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