First Cabinet of Louis Botha

1st Cabinet of Union of South Africa (since 1909 South Africa Act)
1910
Louis Botha (c. 1915)
Date formed	15 September 1910 (1910-09-15)
Date dissolved	20 October 1915 (1915-10-20)
People and organisations
Head of state	King George V (represented by The Viscount Gladstone, later The Viscount Buxton)
Head of government	Louis Botha
No. of ministers	8
Member party	South African Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Unionist Party
Opposition leader	Leander Starr Jameson
History
Election	1910
Legislature terms	5 years, 1 month and 5 days
Successor	Botha II

(c.1910)
Front (left to right): J. W. Sauer, Louis Botha and Abraham Fischer.
Back (left to right): J. B. M. Hertzog, Henry Burton, F. R. Moor, C. O'Grady Gubbins, Jan Smuts, H. C. Hull, F. S. Malan and David Graaff.

Cabinet

Post		Minister	Term		Party
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Prime Minister	Gen. Louis Botha	1910	–	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Agriculture	The Hon. H.C. van Heerden MP	1913	–	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		Gen. Louis Botha	1912	1913	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. J.W. Sauer MP	1912	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		Gen. Louis Botha	1910	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Commerce and Industry (merged with Department of Mines in 1912)	The Hon. George Leuchars MP	1911	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. F.R. Moore MP	1910	1911	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Defence (newly formed)	Gen. Jan Smuts	1912	–	SAP
	Minister of Education	The Hon. F.S. Malan MP	1910	–	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Finance	Gen. Jan Smuts	1912	1915	SAP
		The Hon. Henry Charles Hull MP	1910	1912	SAP
	Minister of Interior Affairs	Gen. Jan Smuts	1913	–	SAP
		The Hon. Abraham Fischer MP	1912	1913	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		Gen. Jan Smuts	1910	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Justice	The Hon. Nicolaas de Wet MP	1913	–	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. J.W. Sauer MP	1912	1913	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. J.B.M. Hertzog MP	1910	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Lands and Irrigation	The Hon. Hendrik Schalk Theron MP	1913	1915	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. Abraham Fischer MP	1910	1913	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Mines and Industry	The Hon. F.S. Malan MP	1912	–	SAP
		Gen. Jan Smuts	1910	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Native Affairs	Gen. Louis Botha	1913	–	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. J.W. Sauer MP	1912	1913	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. J.B.M. Hertzog MP	1912	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. Henry Burton MP	1910	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. Thomas Watt MP	1912	1915	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. George Leuchars MP	1912	1912	SAP
		The Hon. D.P. de Villiers Graaf MP	1910	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Public Works	The Hon. Thomas Watt MP	1912	–	SAP
		The Hon. D.P. de Villiers Graaf MP	1910	1912	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Minister of Railways and Harbours	The Hon. Henry Burton MP	1912	–	SAP
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |		The Hon. J.W. Sauer MP	1910	1912	SAP

Sources

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