19th Dáil
TDs from 1969 to 1973
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::summary TDs from 1969 to 1973 ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 19th Dáil |
| image | Oireachtas logo.svg |
| image_size | 100px |
| body | Dáil Éireann |
| country | Ireland |
| meeting_place | Leinster House |
| election | 1969 general election |
| government | 13th government of Ireland |
| term_start | 2 July 1969 |
| term_end | 5 February 1973 |
| before | 18th Dáil |
| after | 20th Dáil |
| membership1 | 144 |
| chamber1_leader1_type | Ceann Comhairle |
| chamber1_leader1 | Cormac Breslin |
| chamber1_leader2_type | Taoiseach |
| chamber1_leader2 | Jack Lynch |
| chamber1_leader3_type | Tánaiste |
| chamber1_leader3 | Erskine H. Childers |
| chamber1_leader4_type | Chief Whip |
| chamber1_leader4 | David Andrews |
| — Desmond O'Malley | |
| until 7 May 1970 | |
| chamber1_leader5_type | Leader of the Opposition |
| chamber1_leader5 | Liam Cosgrave |
| session1_start | 2 July 1969 |
| session1_end | 23 July 1969 |
| session2_start | 22 October 1969 |
| session2_end | 30 July 1970 |
| session3_start | 28 October 1970 |
| session3_end | 6 August 1971 |
| session4_start | 20 October 1971 |
| session4_end | 14 July 1972 |
| session5_start | 25 October 1972 |
| session5_end | 14 December 1972 |
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| name = 19th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1969 general election | government = 13th government of Ireland | term_start = 2 July 1969 | term_end = 5 February 1973 | before = 18th Dáil | after = 20th Dáil | membership1 = 144 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Cormac Breslin | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = Jack Lynch | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = Erskine H. Childers | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = David Andrews — Desmond O'Malley until 7 May 1970 | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = Liam Cosgrave | session1_start = 2 July 1969 | session1_end = 23 July 1969 | session2_start = 22 October 1969 | session2_end = 30 July 1970 | session3_start = 28 October 1970 | session3_end = 6 August 1971 | session4_start = 20 October 1971 | session4_end = 14 July 1972 | session5_start = 25 October 1972 | session5_end = 14 December 1972 The 19th Dáil was elected at the 1969 general election on 18 June 1969 and met on 2 July 1969. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 12th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 5 February 1973, President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Jack Lynch. The 19th Dáil lasted .
Composition of the 19th Dáil
- 13th government ::data[format=table] | Party | June 1969 | Feb. 1973 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 144 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fianna Fáil}}" | | Fianna Fáil | 75 | 70 | 5 | | | | 50 | 50 | | | | | | 18 | 17 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | ::
Fianna Fáil formed the 13th government of Ireland led by Jack Lynch as Taoiseach.
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 19th Dáil from July 1969. This was not the official seating plan.
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Ceann Comhairle
On the meeting of the Dáil, Cormac Breslin (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle from November 1967, was proposed by Jack Lynch (FF) and seconded by Liam Cosgrave (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.
TDs by constituency
The list of the 144 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
|name = Carlow–Kilkenny |seats = 5 |td1 = Kieran Crotty |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Jim Gibbons |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Desmond Governey |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Tom Nolan |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Séamus Pattison |party5 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Cavan |seats = 3 |td1 = Tom Fitzpatrick |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Patrick O'Reilly |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Paddy Smith |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Clare |seats = 3 |td1 = Sylvester Barrett |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Hillery |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Frank Taylor |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Clare–South Galway |seats = 3 |td1 = Michael Carty |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Bill Loughnane |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork City North-West |seats = 3 |td1 = Liam Burke |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Seán French |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Jack Lynch |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork City South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Peter Barry |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Gus Healy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Pearse Wyse |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork Mid |seats = 4 |td1 = Philip Burton |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Donal Creed |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Paddy Forde |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Thomas Meaney |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork North-East |seats = 4 |td1 = Richard Barry |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Seán Brosnan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Gerard Cott |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Jerry Cronin |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork South-West |seats = 3 |td1 = Flor Crowley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Pat Murphy |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = John O'Sullivan |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Donegal–Leitrim |seats = 3 |td1 = Joseph Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Cormac Breslin |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick O'Donnell |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Donegal North-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Neil Blaney |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Liam Cunningham |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Paddy Harte |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin Central |seats = 4 |td1 = Frank Cluskey |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Vivion de Valera |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Maurice E. Dockrell |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Tom Fitzpatrick |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin County North |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick Burke |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Mark Clinton |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Des Foley |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Justin Keating |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Dublin County South |seats = 3 |td1 = Kevin Boland |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Richard Burke |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Tom O'Higgins |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin North-Central |seats = 4 |td1 = Luke Belton |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = George Colley |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Celia Lynch |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Michael O'Leary |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Dublin North-East |seats = 4 |td1 = Paddy Belton |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Charles Haughey |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Conor Cruise O'Brien |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Eugene Timmons |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-West |seats = 4 |td1 = Hugh Byrne |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Richard Gogan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = David Thornley |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Jim Tunney |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South-Central |seats = 4 |td1 = Philip Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Ben Briscoe |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John O'Donovan |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Richie Ryan |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Noël Browne |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Garret FitzGerald |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán Moore |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South-West |seats = 4 |td1 = Joseph Dowling |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Dunne |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Noel Lemass |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = John O'Connell |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown |seats = 4 |td1 = David Andrews |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Liam Cosgrave |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Barry Desmond |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = H. Percy Dockrell |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Galway North-East |seats = 3 |td1 = John Donnellan |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Thomas Hussey |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael F. Kitt |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway West |seats = 3 |td1 = Fintan Coogan Snr |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Johnny Geoghegan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Bobby Molloy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Kerry North |seats = 3 |td1 = Gerard Lynch |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Tom McEllistrim |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Dan Spring |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Kerry South |seats = 3 |td1 = Michael Begley |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Timothy O'Connor |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John O'Leary |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Kildare |seats = 3 |td1 = Terence Boylan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Paddy Power |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Gerard Sweetman |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Laois–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = Ger Connolly |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Bernard Cowen |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tom Enright |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Oliver J. Flanagan |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Patrick Lalor |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Limerick East |seats = 4 |td1 = Stephen Coughlan |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Michael Herbert |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tom O'Donnell |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Desmond O'Malley |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Limerick West |seats = 3 |td1 = Gerry Collins |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael J. Noonan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Denis Jones |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Longford–Westmeath |seats = 4 |td1 = Frank Carter |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Lenihan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Gerry L'Estrange |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Joe Sheridan |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Louth |seats = 3 |td1 = Frank Aiken |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Paddy Donegan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Pádraig Faulkner |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo East |seats = 3 |td1 = Martin Finn |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Seán Flanagan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Thomas O'Hara |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Mayo West |seats = 3 |td1 = Henry Kenny |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Joseph Lenehan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Mícheál Ó Móráin |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Meath |seats = 3 |td1 = John Bruton |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael Hilliard |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = James Tully |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = Erskine H. Childers |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = John Conlan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Billy Fox |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Roscommon–Leitrim |seats = 3 |td1 = Joan Burke |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Hugh Gibbons |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Brian Lenihan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Sligo–Leitrim |seats = 3 |td1 = James Gallagher |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Joseph McLoughlin |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Ray MacSharry |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Tipperary North |seats = 3 |td1 = Thomas Dunne |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael O'Kennedy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Smith |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Tipperary South |seats = 4 |td1 = Noel Davern |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Jackie Fahey |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Hogan |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Seán Treacy |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Waterford |seats = 3 |td1 = Fad Browne |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Edward Collins |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Billy Kenneally |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Wexford |seats = 4 |td1 = Lorcan Allen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Browne |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Brendan Corish |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Anthony Esmonde |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Wicklow |seats = 3 |td1 = Paudge Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Liam Kavanagh |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Godfrey Timmins |party3 = Fine Gael
Changes
|date = 25 |month = June |year = 1969 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Death of Seán Dunne |date = 2 |month = July |year = 1969 |con = Donegal–Leitrim |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Cormac Breslin takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 28 |month = January |year = 1970 |con = Kildare |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Gerard Sweetman |date = 4 |month = March |year = 1970 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Seán Sherwin wins seat vacated by the death of Seán Dunne |date = 11 |month = March |year = 1970 |con = Longford–Westmeath |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Patrick Lenihan |date = 14 |month = April |year = 1970 |con = Kildare |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Patrick Malone holds seat vacated by the death of Sweetman |date = 14 |month = April |year = 1970 |con = Longford–Westmeath |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Patrick Cooney wins seat vacated by the death of Lenihan |date = 4 |month = October |year = 1970 |con = Donegal–Leitrim |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Patrick O'Donnell |date = 4 |month = November |year = 1970 |con = Dublin County South |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Resignation of Kevin Boland |date = 2 |month = December |year = 1970 |con = Donegal–Leitrim |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Patrick Delap wins seat vacated by the death of O'Donnell |date = 2 |month = December |year = 1970 |con = Dublin County South |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Larry McMahon wins seat vacated by the resignation of Boland |date = 19 |month = September |year = 1971 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = Aontacht Éireann |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Seán Sherwin joins new party |date = 17 |month = November |year = 1971 |con = Donegal North-East |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Neil Blaney expelled from Fianna Fáil parliamentary party |date = 17 |month = November |year = 1971 |con = Wicklow |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Paudge Brennan expelled from Fianna Fáil parliamentary party |date = 13 |month = May |year = 1972 |con = Cork Mid |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Paddy Forde |date = 2 |month = August |year = 1972 |con = Cork Mid |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Gene Fitzgerald holds seat vacated by the death of Forde |date = 5 |month = October |year = 1972 |con = Tipperary South |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Patrick Hogan |date = 6 |month = January |year = 1973 |con = Clare |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Resignation of Patrick Hillery on appointment as European Commissioner
References
References
- (2 April 1969). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (19th Dáil) – Vol. 241 No. 1".
- "TDs & Senators (19th Dáil)".
- (4 November 1970). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (19th Dáil) – Vol. 249 No. 4".
- Kilfeather, Frank. (17 September 1971). "T.D. to resign from Fianna Fáil and join Boland's new party". [[The Irish Times]].
- (18 November 1971). "Blaney and Brennan by party". [[The Irish Times]].
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