Date formed 30 June 1924 Member party National Party | Head of government J. B. M. Hertzog | |
Head of state George V
Edward VIII
George VI Opposition party South African Party (1924–1933)
Purified National Party (1934–1939) Opposition leader Jan Smuts (1924–1933)
Daniel François Malan (1934–1939) | ||
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).
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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
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 LPReferences
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