17 June 1924
After losing the Wakkerstroom and Oudtshoorn by-elections in April, prime minister and leader of the South African Party (SAP), J.C. Smuts, decided to hold a general election in 1924. The SAP suffered a defeat at the hands of the Nationalist Party (NP), which won sixty-three seats, and Labour Party winning eighteen seats, with the SAP securing only fifty-three seats. After the election, the National Party and Labour Party formed a pact government, with General J.B.M. Hertzog in the position of prime minister. Hertzog appointed two Labour Party members, F.H.P. Creswell and Thomas Boydell to his Cabinet.
References

Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau|Country-data South Africa National Party [online] Available at: www.country-data.com  [Accessed on 17 June 2013]