Fourth Cabinet of J. B. M. Hertzog

8th Cabinet of Union of South Africa (since 1909 South Africa Act)
1938
J.B.M. Hertzog (c. 1920)
Date formed	18 May 1938 (1938-05-18)
Date dissolved	17 July 1943 (1943-07-17)
People and organisations
Head of state	King George VI
Head of government	Jan Smuts
Head of government's history	J. B. M. Hertzog (resigned in 1939)
No. of ministers	12
Ministers removed	7
Member party	United Party Labour Party Dominion Party
Status in legislature	Majority Coalition (wartime coalition from 1939)
Opposition party	Purified National Party
Opposition leader	D.F. Malan
History
Election(s)	1938
Legislature term(s)	5 years, 1 month and 29 days
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, W.B. Madeley.

Cabinet

Post		Minister	Term		Party
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Prime Minister	Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog	1938	1939	United Party
Minister of External Affairs
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Deputy Prime Minister	Gen. Jan Smuts	1938	1939	United Party
Minister of Justice
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Agriculture and Forestry	The Hon. W.R. Collins MP	1938	–	United Party
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Commerce and Industry	The Hon. Oswald Pirow MP	1938	1939	United Party
Minister of Defence
rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Education	The Hon. Henry Fagan MP	1938	1939	United Party
Minister of Native Affairs
Minister of Social Welfare
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Finance	The Hon. N.C. Havenga MP	1938	1939	United Party
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Interior Affairs	The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP	1938	1939	United Party
Minister of Public Health
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Labour	The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP	1938	1939	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Lands	The Hon. Jan Kemp MP	1938	1939	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Mines	The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP	1938	1939	United Party
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. C.F. Clarkson MP	1938	1939	United Party
Minister of Public Works
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Railways and Harbours	The Hon. Adriaan Fourie MP	1938	1939	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister without Portfolio	The Hon. Robert Henderson MP	1938	1939	United Party
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
rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Prime Minister	Gen. Jan Smuts	1939	1943	United Party
Minister of Defence
Minister of External Affairs
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Agriculture and Forestry	The Hon. W.R. Collins MP	1938	1943	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Commerce and Industry	The Hon. Richard Stuttaford MP	1939	1941	United Party
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Education	The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyer MP	1939	1943	United Party
Minister of Finance
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Interior Affairs	The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP	1939	1943	United Party
Minister of Public Health
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Justice	The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP	1939	1943	United Party
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Labour	The Hon. Walter Madeley MP	1939	1943	Labour Party
Minister of Social Welfare
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Lands	The Hon. A.M. Conroy MP	1939	1943	United Party
style="background-color: Template:Dominion Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Mines	The Hon. C. F. Stallard MP	1939	1943	Dominion Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Native Affairs	The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP	1939	1943	United Party
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. C.F. Clarkson MP	1939	1943	United Party
Minister of Public Works
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister without Portfolio	The Hon. P.V.G. van der Byl MP	1939	1943	United Party
Changes 1941
Post		Minister	Term		Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Commerce and Industry	The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP	1941	1943	United Party

Sources

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