First Cabinet of Louis Botha explained

Cabinet Name:First Botha Cabinet
Cabinet Number:1st
Jurisdiction:the Union of South Africa
(since the 1909 South Africa Act)
Flag:Red Ensign of South Africa (1912–1951).svg
Flag Border:true
Incumbent:1910–1915
State Head Title:Monarch
State Head:King George V
Governor General Title:Governor-General
Government Head Title:Prime Minister
Government Head:Louis Botha
Political Party:South African Party
Legislature Status:Majority
Opposition Party:Unionist Party
Opposition Leader:Leander Starr Jameson
Election:1910 election
Successor:Botha 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.

Cabinet

PostMinisterTermParty
Prime Minister Gen. Louis Botha1910align=center 1915align=center SAP
Minister of Agriculture
The Hon. H. C. van Heerden MP
1913align=center 1915align=center SAP
Gen. Louis Botha 19121913align=center SAP
The Hon. J. W. Sauer MP19121912align=center SAP
Gen. Louis Botha 19101912align=center SAP
Minister of Commerce and Industry
The Hon. George Leuchars MP
19111912align=center SAP
The Hon. F. R. Moore MP19101911align=center SAP
Minister of Defence
Gen. Jan Smuts1912align=center 1915align=center SAP
Minister of Education
The Hon. F. S. Malan MP
1910align=center 1915align=center SAP
Minister of Finance Gen. Jan Smuts19121915align=center SAP
The Hon. Henry Charles Hull MP19101912align=center SAP
Minister of Interior Affairs Gen. Jan Smuts1913align=center 1915align=center SAP
The Hon. Abraham Fischer MP19121913align=center SAP
Gen. Jan Smuts19101912align=center SAP
Minister of Justice
The Hon. Nicolaas de Wet MP
1913align=center 1915align=center SAP
The Hon. J. W. Sauer MP19121913align=center SAP
The Hon. Barry Hertzog MP19101912align=center SAP
Minister of Lands and Irrigation
The Hon. Hendrik Schalk Theron MP
19131915align=center SAP
The Hon. Abraham Fischer MP19101913align=center SAP
Minister of Mines and Industry
The Hon. F. S. Malan MP
1912align=center 1915align=center SAP
Gen. Jan Smuts19101912align=center SAP
Minister of Native Affairs<-- NOTE: The departments were not named "Bantu Administration and Development, and Bantu Education". This happened much later under the so-called "Apartheid regime" in the 1960/70's....--> Gen. Louis Botha1913align=center 1915align=center SAP
The Hon. J. W. Sauer MP19121913align=center SAP
The Hon. Barry Hertzog MP19121912align=center SAP
The Hon. Henry Burton MP19101912align=center SAP
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
The Hon. Thomas Watt MP
19121915align=center SAP
The Hon. George Leuchars MP19121912align=center SAP
The Hon. D. P. de Villiers Graaf MP19101912align=center SAP
Minister of Public Works
The Hon. Thomas Watt MP
1912align=center 1915align=center SAP
The Hon. D. P. de Villiers Graaf MP19101912align=center SAP
Minister of Railways and Harbours
The Hon. Henry Burton MP
1912align=center 1915align=center SAP
The Hon. J. W. Sauer MP19101912align=center SAP

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