Fourth Cabinet of J. B. M. Hertzog

Fourth Hertzog Cabinet
Fourth Hertzog Cabinet
; 8th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa; (since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1938–1943
	Barry Hertzog (c. 1920)
Date formed	18 May 1938
Date dissolved	17 July 1943
People and organisations
Monarch	King George VI
Governor-General	Sir Patrick Duncan
Prime Minister	Barry Hertzog (until 1939); Jan Smuts;
Member party	United Party; Dominion Party; Labour Party;
Status in legislature	Majority (until 1939); Coalition (wartime);
Opposition party	Purified National Party
Opposition leader	Daniël Malan
History
Election	1938 election
Legislature terms	5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Predecessor	Hertzog III
Successor	Smuts III

Cabinet

Post		Minister	Term		Party
	Prime Minister	Gen. Barry Hertzog	1938	1939	UP
	Minister of External Affairs	Gen. Barry Hertzog	1938	1939	UP
	Deputy Prime Minister	Gen. Jan Smuts	1938	1939	UP
	Minister of Justice	Gen. Jan Smuts	1938	1939	UP
	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	The Hon. Oswald Pirow MP	1938	1939	UP
	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	The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP	1938	1939	UP
	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	The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP	1938	1939	UP
	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 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	The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyer MP	1939	1943	UP
	Minister of Interior Affairs	The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP	1939	1943	UP
	Minister of Public Health	The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP	1939	1943	UP
	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	The Hon. Walter Madeley MP	1939	1943	Labour
	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	The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP	1939	1943	UP
	Minister without Portfolio	The Hon. P. V. G. van der Byl MP	1939	1943	UP
Changes 1941
Post		Minister	Term		Party
	Minister of Commerce and Industry	The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP	1941	1943	UP

Sources

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

History of the Cabinet of South Africa
Pre-apartheid (1910–48)	L. Botha I L. Botha II Smuts I Smuts II Hertzog I Hertzog II Hertzog III Hertzog IV Smuts III
Apartheid (1948–94)	Malan I Malan II Strydom Verwoerd I Verwoerd II Vorster I Vorster II Vorster III P. W. Botha I P. W. Botha II De Klerk
Post-apartheid (1994–)	Mandela Mbeki I Mbeki II Motlanthe Zuma I Zuma II Ramaphosa I Ramaphosa II Ramaphosa III
See also	2024 formation

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Cabinet

Changes 5 September 1939

Changes 1941

Sources