First Cabinet of Louis Botha
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First Botha Cabinet

1st Cabinet of the Union of South Africa

(since the 1909 South Africa Act)1910–1915Date formed15 September 1910 ( )Date dissolved20 October 1915 (1915-10-20)People and organisationsMonarchKing George VGovernor-General

Viscount Gladstone (until 1914)

Viscount Buxton

Prime MinisterLouis BothaMember partySouth African PartyStatus in legislatureMajorityOpposition partyUnionist PartyOpposition leaderLeander Starr JamesonHistoryElection1910 electionLegislature terms5 years, 1 month and 5 daysSuccessorBotha II

The Louis Botha government appointed the members of the government in South Africa led by Prime Minister Louis Botha between 31 May 1910 and 3 September 1919.

The former boer general Louis Botha, Prime Minister of Transvaal was appointed by the British crown to become the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa during its formation on 31 May 1910. The first national general elections were held on 15 September 1910 and ended in the victory of the coalition led by the "Het Volk" party led by Louis Botha (67 seats) against the 37 seats won by the Unionists of Leander Starr Jameson. The remaining 26 seats were won by small parties.

The Botha coalition, made up of Anglo-Afrikaner parties, became the South African Party. In Elections of October 1915, the South African Party won 54 seats against 40 for Unionists 27 seats in the National Party, 4 seats to the Labour Party of South Africa and six seats distributed among small groups.

Post Minister Term Party Prime Minister Gen. Louis Botha 1910 1915 SAP Minister of Agriculture

The Hon. H. C. van Heerden MP

1913 1915 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 1915 SAP Minister of Education

The Hon. F. S. Malan MP

1910 1915 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 1915 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 1915 SAP The Hon. J. W. Sauer MP 1912 1913 SAP The Hon. Barry 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 1915 SAP Gen. Jan Smuts 1910 1912 SAP Minister of Native Affairs Gen. Louis Botha 1913 1915 SAP The Hon. J. W. Sauer MP 1912 1913 SAP The Hon. Barry 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 1915 SAP The Hon. D. P. de Villiers Graaf MP 1910 1912 SAP Minister of Railways and Harbours

The Hon. Henry Burton MP

1912 1915 SAP The Hon. J. W. Sauer MP 1910 1912 SAP