Fourth Cabinet of J. B. M. Hertzog

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Fourth Hertzog Cabinet
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8th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa
(since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1938–1943
JBM Hertzog - SA (cropped).jpg
Barry Hertzog (c.1920)
Date formed18 May 1938 (1938-05-18)
Date dissolved17 July 1943 (1943-07-17)
(5 years, 1 month and 29 days)
People and organisations
Monarch King George VI
Governor-General Sir Patrick Duncan
Prime Minister
Member parties
Status in legislature
Opposition parties Purified National Party
Opposition leaders Daniël Malan
History
Election 1938 election
Predecessor Hertzog III
Successor Smuts III
(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, and W. B. Madeley. SA Cabinet 1939.jpg
(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, and W. B. Madeley.

Cabinet

PostMinisterTermParty
Prime Minister JBM Hertzog - SA (cropped).jpg Gen. Barry Hertzog 19381939 UP
Minister of External Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Genl JC Smuts (cropped).jpg Gen. Jan Smuts 19381939 UP
Minister of Justice
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry The Hon. W. R. Collins MP1938 UP
Minister of Commerce and Industry Oswald Pirow.jpg The Hon. Oswald Pirow MP19381939 UP
Minister of Defence
Minister of Education Henry Allan Fagan c.1916 (cropped).jpg The Hon. Henry Fagan MP19381939 UP
Minister of Native Affairs
Minister of Social Welfare
Minister of Finance Havenga (cropped).jpg The Hon. N. C. Havenga MP19381939 UP
Minister of Interior Affairs Richard Stuttaford.jpg The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP19381939 UP
Minister of Public Health
Minister of Labour HG Lawrence.jpg The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP19381939 UP
Minister of Lands Jan Kemp.jpg The Hon. Jan Kemp MP19381939 UP
Minister of Mines Deneys Reitz.jpg The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP19381939 UP
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP19381939 UP
Minister of Public Works
Minister of Railways and Harbours APJ Fourie.jpg The Hon. Adriaan Fourie MP19381939 UP
Minister without Portfolio The Hon. Robert Henderson MP19381939 UP

Changes 5 September 1939

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

Contents

PostMinisterTermParty
Prime Minister Genl JC Smuts (cropped).jpg Gen. Jan Smuts 19391943 UP
Minister of Defence
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry The Hon. W. R. Collins MP19381943 UP
Minister of Commerce and Industry Richard Stuttaford.jpg The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP19391941 UP
Minister of Education Hofmeyr.jpg The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyer MP19391943 UP
Minister of Finance
Minister of Interior Affairs HG Lawrence.jpg The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP19391943 UP
Minister of Public Health
Minister of Justice Colin Fraser Steyn.jpg The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP19391943 UP
Minister of Labour Walter Madeley (cropped).jpg The Hon. Walter Madeley MP19391943 Labour
Minister of Social Welfare
Minister of LandsThe Hon. A.M. Conroy MP19391943 UP
Minister of Mines Charles Stallard.jpg The Hon. C. F. Stallard MP19391943 Dominion
Minister of Native Affairs Deneys Reitz.jpg The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP19391943 UP
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP19391943 UP
Minister of Public Works
Minister without Portfolio The Hon. P. V. G. van der Byl MP19391943 UP

Changes 1941

PostMinisterTermParty
Minister of Commerce and Industry SF Waterson.jpg The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP19411943 UP

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