20th Dáil

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TDs from 1977 to 1981

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::summary TDs from 1977 to 1981 ::

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FieldValue
name20th Dáil
imageOireachtas logo.svg
image_size100px
bodyDáil Éireann
countryIreland
meeting_placeLeinster House
election1973 general election
government14th government of Ireland
term_start14 March 1973
term_end25 May 1977
before19th Dáil
after21st Dáil
membership1144
chamber1_leader1_typeCeann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1Seán Treacy
chamber1_leader2_typeTaoiseach
chamber1_leader2Liam Cosgrave
chamber1_leader3_typeTánaiste
chamber1_leader3Brendan Corish
chamber1_leader4_typeChief Whip
chamber1_leader4John Kelly
chamber1_leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5Jack Lynch
session1_start14 March 1973
session1_end27 July 1973
session2_start17 October 1973
session2_end26 July 1974
session3_start23 October 1974
session3_end30 July 1975
session4_start22 October 1975
session4_end1 July 1976
session5_start31 August 1976
session5_end25 May 1977
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| name = 20th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1973 general election | government = 14th government of Ireland | term_start = 14 March 1973 | term_end = 25 May 1977 | before = 19th Dáil | after = 21st Dáil | membership1 = 144 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Seán Treacy | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = Liam Cosgrave | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = Brendan Corish | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = John Kelly | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = Jack Lynch | session1_start = 14 March 1973 | session1_end = 27 July 1973 | session2_start = 17 October 1973 | session2_end = 26 July 1974 | session3_start = 23 October 1974 | session3_end = 30 July 1975 | session4_start = 22 October 1975 | session4_end = 1 July 1976 | session5_start = 31 August 1976 | session5_end = 25 May 1977 The 20th Dáil was elected at the 1973 general election on 28 February 1973 and met on 14 March 1973. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 13th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

On 25 May 1977, President Patrick Hillery dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave. The 20th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 20th Dáil

  • National Coalition (14th government) parties ::data[format=table] | Party | Feb. 1973 | May 1977 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 144 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 69 | 66 | 3 | | | | Fine Gael}}" | | Fine Gael | 54 | 53 | 1 | | | Labour Party (Ireland)}}" | | Labour | 19 | 19 | | | | | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | ::

Fine Gael and the Labour Party formed the 14th government of Ireland, known as the National Coalition, with Liam Cosgrave as Taoiseach and Brendan Corish as Tánaiste.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 20th Dáil from March 1973. This was not the official seating plan.

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Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, Seán Treacy (Lab) was proposed by Liam Cosgrave (FG) and seconded by Brendan Corish (Lab) 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 = Paddy Smith |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John Wilson |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Clare |seats = 3 |td1 = Sylvester Barrett |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Brendan Daly |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Frank Taylor |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Clare–South Galway |seats = 3 |td1 = Johnny Callanan |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 = Donal Creed |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Eileen Desmond |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Gene Fitzgerald |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Thomas Meaney |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork North-East |seats = 4 |td1 = Liam Ahern |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Richard Barry |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Jerry Cronin |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Patrick Hegarty |party4 = Fine Gael |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 = James White |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Donegal North-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Neil Blaney |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |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 = Ray Burke |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Mark Clinton |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Justin Keating |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Seán Walsh |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin County South |seats = 3 |td1 = Ruairí Brugha |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Richard Burke |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Larry McMahon |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 Kelly |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Richie Ryan |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Garret FitzGerald |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Seán Moore |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Fergus O'Brien |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin South-West |seats = 4 |td1 = Declan Costello |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Joseph Dowling |party2 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Joseph Bermingham |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Patrick Malone |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Paddy Power |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Laois–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = Ger Connolly |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Tom Enright |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Oliver J. Flanagan |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Patrick Lalor |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Charles McDonald |party5 = Fine Gael |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 = Denis Jones |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Michael J. Noonan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Longford–Westmeath |seats = 4 |td1 = Frank Carter |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Cooney |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Gerry L'Estrange |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Joe Sheridan |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Louth |seats = 3 |td1 = Paddy Donegan |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Joseph Farrell |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Pádraig Faulkner |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo East |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Calleary |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Martin Finn |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán Flanagan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo West |seats = 3 |td1 = Denis Gallagher |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Henry Kenny |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Myles Staunton |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Meath |seats = 3 |td1 = John Bruton |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Brendan Crinion |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 = Jimmy Leonard |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Roscommon–Leitrim |seats = 3 |td1 = Joan Burke |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Hugh Gibbons |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick J. Reynolds |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Sligo–Leitrim |seats = 3 |td1 = Eugene Gilhawley |party1 = Fine Gael |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 = John Ryan |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Tipperary South |seats = 4 |td1 = Noel Davern |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Jackie Fahey |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Brendan Griffin |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Seán Treacy |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Waterford |seats = 3 |td1 = Edward Collins |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Billy Kenneally |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Thomas Kyne |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Wexford |seats = 4 |td1 = Lorcan Allen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Browne |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Brendan Corish |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = John Esmonde |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Wicklow |seats = 3 |td1 = Liam Kavanagh |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Ciarán Murphy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Godfrey Timmins |party3 = Fine Gael

Changes

|date = 14 |month = March |year = 1973 |con = Tipperary South |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Seán Treacy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 30 |month = May |year = 1973 |con = Monaghan |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Erskine H. Childers elected as president of Ireland |date = 27 |month = November |year = 1973 |con = Monaghan |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Brendan Toal wins seat vacated by Childers |date = 13 |month = July |year = 1974 |con = Cork North-East |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Liam Ahern |date = 13 |month = November |year = 1974 |con = Cork North-East |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Seán Brosnan holds seat vacated by the death of Ahern |date = 24 |month = December |year = 1974 |con = Galway North-East |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Michael F. Kitt |date = 5 |month = January |year = 1975 |con = Galway West |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Johnny Geoghegan |date = 4 |month = March |year = 1975 |con = Galway North-East |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Michael P. Kitt holds seat vacated by the death of his father Michael F. Kitt |date = 4 |month = March |year = 1975 |con = Galway West |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Máire Geoghegan-Quinn holds seat vacated by the death of her father Johnny Geoghegan |date = 25 |month = September |year = 1975 |con = Mayo West |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Henry Kenny |date = 12 |month = November |year = 1975 |con = Mayo West |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Enda Kenny holds seat vacated by the death of his father Henry Kenny |date = 29 |month = February |year = 1976 |con = Donegal North-East |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Liam Cunningham |date = 13 |month = April |year = 1976 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Noel Lemass |date = 28 |month = April |year = 1976 |con = Dublin North-West |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = David Thornley loses party whip after appearing on Sinn Féin platform during Easter Rising commemorations |date = 10 |month = June |year = 1976 |con = Donegal North-East |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = |note = Paddy Keaveney gains seat vacated by the death of Cunningham |date = 10 |month = June |year = 1976 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = |note = Brendan Halligan gains seat vacated by the death of Lemass |date = 25 |month = January |year = 1977 |con = Dublin County South |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Resignation of Richard Burke on nomination as EC Commissioner |date = 2 |month = February |year = 1977 |con = Dublin North-West |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = David Thornley readmitted to parliamentary party |date = 19 |month = May |year = 1977 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Resignation of Declan Costello on nomination as High Court judge

References

References

  1. (14 March 1973). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (20th Dáil) – Vol. 265 No. 1".
  2. "TDs & Senators (20th Dáil)".
  3. (29 April 1976). "Whip withdrawn from Thornley, by 22 votes to 3". [[The Irish Times]].
  4. (25 January 1977). "Resignation of Member – Dáil Debates (20th Dáil)".
  5. (3 February 1977). "Thornely is back in party fold". [[The Irish Times]].
  6. (19 May 1977). "Resignation of Member – Dáil Debates (20th Dáil)".

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