General elections were held in South Africa on 20 October 1915 to elect the 130 members of the House of Assembly. This was the second Union Parliament. The governing South African Party of General Lou
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Louis Botha was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war veteran during the Second Boer Wa
1915 South African general election
…October 1915 All 130 seats in the House of Assembly 66 seats needed for a majority Registered 365,307 Turnout 71.57% First party Second party Leader Louis Botha Thomas Smartt Party South African Unionist Leader's seat Losberg Fort Beaufort Last election 28.45%, 66 seats 37.65%, 36 seats Seats won 54 39 Seat…
Botha during the Boer War
A Punch cartoon expressing surprise at Botha's appointment as Premier of the Transvaal Colony. The cartoon states: "SHADE OF PAUL KRUGER. "What! Botha Premier? Well, these English do 'stagger Humanity'!" In 1907 South Africa was, in effect, given back to the Dutch.", 6 March 1907.
Statue near The Houses of Parliament, Cape Town by Romano Romanelli