Christman Joel Ackerman Krige (3 March 1868 – 10 August 1933) served as

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of the

Union of South Africa The Union of South Africa ( nl, Unie van Zuid-Afrika; af, Unie van Suid-Afrika; ) was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into existence on 31 May 1910 with the unification of the Cape, Natal, Trans ...

. He was born in

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, qualified as a lawyer and established himself in Caledon. He got involved in politics as member of the

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and was deported during the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

. After becoming mayor, he was elected onto the first Union parliament in 1910 as follower as General

Louis Botha Louis Botha (; 27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) 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 hero during the Second Boer War, ...

. He became Chief Whip of the

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and followed Sir

John Molteno Sir John Charles Molteno (5 June 1814 – 1 September 1886) was a soldier, businessman, champion of responsible government and the first Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. Early life Born in London into a large Anglo-Italian family, Molten ...

in 1915 as Speaker of the House of Assembly, a post he held until 1924. He married Anna Susanna Christina Roos, and had six children: Willem Adolph, Tielman Johannes Roos, Elizabeth Renée, Louisa Jacoba, Christman Joel McKinley and Desirée Suzanna. Issie Smuts was his niece. He died in 1933.

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South African politicians 1868 births 1933 deaths Cape Colony people {{WesternCape-politician-stub

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