Cabinet Louis Botha I

General Louis Botha

Cabinet Botha I (1910)

The Cabinet Louis Botha I was formed on May 31, 1910 after the founding of the South African Union by the merger of the four British colonies Cape Colony , Natal , the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal Colony . Louis Botha became the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa and was seen as a link with the United Kingdom through his popularity with the Boers as well as among the English-speaking population . On September 15, 1910, the first elections to the People's Assembly (Volksraad van Suid-Afrika) took place, won by the Het Volk von Botha party, which had previously merged with other parties to form the South African party SAP ( Suid-Afrikaanse Party ) . SAP received 55.37 percent of the vote and 67 of 121 seats in parliament, the Unionist Party UP (Unionisteparty) by Leander Starr Jameson 32.23 percent and 39 seats. On non-party candidates accounted for 9.09 percent and eleven seats, and the Labor Party SALP ( Arbeiders Party ) came to 3.31 percent and four seats.

After the election on October 20, 1915, Botha formed his second cabinet .

Botha I cabinet (1910–1915)

Ministerial post	Official	photo	Political party	Term of office
prime minister	General Louis Botha		SAP	1910-1915
Minister for Native American Affairs	Henry Burton General Barry Hertzog Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer		SAP	1910-1912 1912 1912-1913 1913-1915
Finance minister	Henry Charles Hull General Jan Christiaan Smuts		SAP	1910-1912 1912-1915
Minister of Justice	General Barry Hertzog Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet		SAP	1910-1912 1913 1913-1915
Defense Minister	General Jan Christiaan Smuts		SAP	1910-1915
Interior minister	General Jan Christiaan Smuts Abraham Fischer General Jan Christiaan Smuts		SAP	1910-1912 1912-1913 1913-1915
Minister for Railways and Ports	Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer Henry Burton		SAP	1910-1912 1912-1915
Minister for Lands	Abraham Fischer Hendrik Schalk Theron		SAP	1910-1913 1913-1915
Minister of Agriculture	General Louis Botha Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer General Louis Botha Hendrik Christiaan van Heerden		SAP	1910-1912 1912 1912-1913 1913-1915
Minister of Education	François Stephanus Malan		SAP	1910-1915
Minister for Trade and Industry	Frederick Robert Moore George Leuchars		SAP	1910-1911 1911-1912
Mining Minister	General Jan Christiaan Smuts François Stephanus Malan		SAP	1910-1912 1912
Minister for Public Works	David Pieter de Villiers Graaff Thomas Watt		SAP	1910-1912 1912-1915
Post Minister	David Pieter de Villiers Graaff George Leuchars Thomas Watt		SAP	1910-1912 1912 1912-1915
Minister with no portfolio	Charles O'Grady Gubbins David Pieter de Villiers Graaff Jacobus Arnoldus Combrick Graaf		SAP	1910-1912 1912 1913-1915

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of South Africa

Web link

• South Africa: Key Ministries
• Geocities - South Africa . Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 16, 2007.