Third Cabinet of J. B. M. Hertzog

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Third Hertzog Cabinet

7th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa
(since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1933–1938
Barry Hertzog (c. 1920)
Date formed17 May 1933 (1933-05-17)
Date dissolved18 May 1938 (1938-05-18)
People and organisations
MonarchKing George V (1933–1936)
King Edward VIII (1936)
King George VI
Governor-GeneralThe Earl of Clarendon (until 1937)
Sir Patrick Duncan
Prime MinisterBarry Hertzog
Member partyNational Party
South African Party
United Party
(NP and SAP merge in 1934)
Status in legislatureCoalition
Opposition partySouth African Party
Opposition leaderJan Smuts
History
Election(s)1933 election
Legislature term(s)5 years and 1 day
PredecessorHertzog II
SuccessorHertzog IV
7th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa (c.1933)

The 7th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa, the 3rd formed by General Barry Hertzog, was in power from 17 May 1933 to 18 May 1938.

Cabinet

Post Minister Term Party
Prime Minister Gen. Barry Hertzog 1933 1938 NP
Minister of External Affairs
UP
Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Jan Smuts 1933 1938 SAP
Minister of Justice
UP
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
(renamed in 1934 to include Forestry)
The Hon. Jan Kemp MP 1933 1935 NP
UP
Minister of Commerce and Industry
(department split from Mines)
The Hon. Adriaan Fourie MP 1933 1938 NP
Minister of Labour 1935
UP
Minister of Defence The Hon. Oswald Pirow MP 1933 1938 NP
Minister of Railways and Harbours
UP
Minister of Education The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyer MP 1933 1938 SAP
Minister of Interior Affairs 1936
Minister of Public Health
UP
Minister of Finance The Hon. N.C. Havenga MP 1933 1938 NP
UP
Minister of Lands The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP 1933 1935 SAP
UP
Minister of Mines
(department split from Commerce)
The Hon. Patrick Duncan MP 1933 1936 SAP
UP
Minister of Native Affairs The Hon. P.G.W. Grobler MP 1933 1938 NP
UP
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs The Hon. C.F. Clarkson MP 1933 1938 NP
Minister of Public Works
UP
Minister without Portfolio The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP 1933 1936 SAP
UP

Changes 1935

Post Minister Term Party
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP 1935 1938 UP
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare
(newly-formed)
The Hon. Adriaan Fourie MP 1935 1936 UP
Minister of Lands The Hon. Jan Kemp MP 1935 1938 UP

Changes 1936

Post Minister Term Party
Minister of Interior Affairs The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP 1936 1938 UP
Minister of Public Health
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyer MP 1936 1937 UP
Minister of Mines 1938
Minister without Portfolio The Hon. F.C. Sturrock MP 1936 1938 UP

Changes 1937

Post Minister Term Party
Minister of Labour The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyer MP 1937 1938 UP
Minister of Social Welfare

Sources

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