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
Date dissolved	20 October 1915
People and organisations
Head of government	Louis Botha
Head of state	King George V (represented by The Viscount Gladstone, later The Viscount Buxton)
Number of ministers	8
Member party	South African Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Unionist Party
Opposition leader	Leander Starr Jameson
History
Election(s)	1910
Legislature term(s)	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
	Prime Minister	Gen. Louis Botha	1910	-	SAP
	Minister of Agriculture	The Hon. H.C. van Heerden MP	1913	-	SAP
		Gen. Louis Botha	1912	1913	SAP
		The Hon. J.W. Sauer MP	1912	1912	SAP
		Gen. Louis Botha	1910	1912	SAP
	Minister of Commerce and Industry (merged with Department of Mines in 1912)	The Hon. George Leuchars MP	1911	1912	SAP
		The Hon. F.R. Moore MP	1910	1911	SAP
	Minister of Defence (newly formed)	Gen. Jan Smuts	1912	-	SAP
	Minister of Education	The Hon. F.S. Malan MP	1910	-	SAP
	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
		Gen. Jan Smuts	1910	1912	SAP
	Minister of Justice	The Hon. Nicolaas de Wet MP	1913	-	SAP
		The Hon. J.W. Sauer MP	1912	1913	SAP
	The Hon. J.B.M. Hertzog MP	1910	1912	SAP
	Minister of Lands and Irrigation	The Hon. Hendrik Schalk Theron MP	1913	1915	SAP
		The Hon. Abraham Fischer MP	1910	1913	SAP
	Minister of Mines and Industry	The Hon. F.S. Malan MP	1912	-	SAP
		Gen. Jan Smuts	1910	1912	SAP
	Minister of Native Affairs	Gen. Louis Botha	1913	-	SAP
		The Hon. J.W. Sauer MP	1912	1913	SAP
		The Hon. J.B.M. Hertzog MP	1912	1912	SAP
		The Hon. Henry Burton MP	1910	1912	SAP
	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. Thomas Watt MP	1912	1915	SAP
		The Hon. George Leuchars MP	1912	1912	SAP
		The Hon. D.P. de Villiers Graaf MP	1910	1912	SAP
	Minister of Public Works	The Hon. Thomas Watt MP	1912	-	SAP
		The Hon. D.P. de Villiers Graaf MP	1910	1912	SAP
	Minister of Railways and Harbours	The Hon. Henry Burton MP	1912	-	SAP
		The Hon. J.W. Sauer MP	1910	1912	SAP

Sources

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