Fourth Cabinet of J. B. M. Hertzog
Appearance
Fourth Hertzog Cabinet | |
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![]() 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 (5 years, 1 month and 29 days) |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | King George VI |
Governor-General | Sir Patrick Duncan |
Prime Minister |
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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.
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
Post | Minister | Term | Party | ||
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Prime Minister | ![]() |
1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of External Affairs | |||||
Deputy Prime Minister | ![]() |
1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of Justice
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Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | The Hon. W. R. Collins MP | 1938 | – | UP | |
Minister of Commerce and Industry | ![]() |
1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of Defence | |||||
Minister of Education | ![]() |
1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of Native Affairs | |||||
Minister of Social Welfare | |||||
Minister of Finance | ![]() |
1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of Interior Affairs | ![]() |
1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of Public Health | |||||
Minister of Labour
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1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of Lands | ![]() |
1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of Mines
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1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
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The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP | 1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister of Public Works
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Minister of Railways and Harbours | ![]() |
1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Minister without Portfolio
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The Hon. Robert Henderson MP | 1938 | 1939 | UP | |
Changes 5 September 1939Smuts became Prime Minister and formed his own cabinet after Hertzog was deposed by the party caucus. | |||||
Post | Minister | Term | Party | ||
Prime Minister | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
1939 | 1941 | UP | |
Minister of Education | ![]() |
1939 | 1943 | UP | |
Minister of Finance | |||||
Minister of Interior Affairs | ![]() |
1939 | 1943 | UP | |
Minister of Public Health | |||||
Minister of Justice
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1939 | 1943 | UP | |
Minister of Labour
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1939 | 1943 | Labour | |
Minister of Social Welfare | |||||
Minister of Lands | The Hon. A.M. Conroy MP | 1939 | 1943 | UP | |
Minister of Mines
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1939 | 1943 | Dominion | |
Minister of Native Affairs | ![]() |
1939 | 1943 | UP | |
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
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The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP | 1939 | 1943 | UP | |
Minister of Public Works
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Minister without Portfolio
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The Hon. P. V. G. van der Byl MP | 1939 | 1943 | UP | |
Changes 1941 | |||||
Post | Minister | Term | Party | ||
Minister of Commerce and Industry | ![]() |
1941 | 1943 | UP |
Sources
- "Geocities – South Africa". Geocities (Web Archive). Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.