First cabinet of J. B. M. Hertzog

First Hertzog Cabinet
5th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa (since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1924–1929
Barry Hertzog (c. 1920)
Date established	19 June 1924 (1924-06-19)
Date dissolved	14 June 1929 (1929-06-14) (4 years, 11 months and 26 days)
Leadership and composition
Monarch	King George V
Prime Minister	Barry Hertzog
Member parties	National Party Labour Party
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition parties	South African Party
Opposition leaders	Jan Smuts
Formation and history
Election	1924 election
Predecessor	Smuts II
Successor	Hertzog II

The First Cabinet of J. B. M. Hertzog was the executive power in South Africa from June 1924 to June 1929. It was also known as the pact government, due to the inclusion of at least two members of the Labour Party in a coalition.

Cabinet

Post		Minister	Term		Party
	Prime Minister	Gen. Barry Hertzog	1924	1929	NP
	Minister of Native Affairs		1924
	Minister of Agriculture	The Hon. Jan Kemp MP	1924	1929	NP
	Minister of Defence	The Hon. Frederic Creswell MP	1924	1929	Labour
	Minister of Labour			1925
	Minister of Education	The Hon. Daniël Malan MP	1924	1929	NP
	Minister of Interior Affairs
	Minister of Public Health
	Minister of Finance	The Hon. N. C. Havenga MP	1924	1929	NP
	Minister of Justice	The Hon. Tielman Roos MP	1924	1929	NP
	Minister of Lands	The Hon. P. G. W. Grobler MP	1924	1929	NP
	Minister of Mines and Industry	The Hon. F. W. Beyers MP	1924	1929	NP
	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. Thomas Boydell MP	1924	1925	Labour
	Minister of Public Works
	Minister of Railways and Harbours	The Hon. Charl W. Malan MP	1924	1929	NP
Post		Minister	Term		Party
	Minister of Labour	The Hon. Thomas Boydell MP	1925	1929	Labour
	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. Walter Madeley MP	1925	1928	Labour
	Minister of Public Works
Changes 1927 Department of External Affairs established
Post		Minister	Term		Party
	Minister of External Affairs	Gen. Barry Hertzog	1927	1929	NP
Post		Minister	Term		Party
	Minister of Irrigation	The Hon. Ernest Jansen MP	1928	1929	NP
	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. H. W. Sampson MP	1928	1929	Labour
	Minister of Public Works

Sources

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