6th Dáil

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TDs from September 1927 to 1932

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::summary TDs from September 1927 to 1932 ::

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FieldValue
name6th Dáil
imageOireachtas logo.svg
image_size100px
bodyDáil Éireann
countryIrish Free State
meeting_placeLeinster House
electionSeptember 1927 general election
government
term_start11 October 1927
term_end29 January 1932
before5th Dáil
after7th Dáil
membership1153
chamber1_leader1_typeCeann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1Michael Hayes
chamber1_leader2_typePresident of the Executive Council
chamber1_leader2W. T. Cosgrave
chamber1_leader3_typeVice-President of the Executive Council
chamber1_leader3Ernest Blythe
chamber1_leader4_typeChief Whip
chamber1_leader4Eamonn Duggan
chamber1_leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5Éamon de Valera
session1_start11 October 1927
session1_end31 July 1928
session2_start10 October 1928
session2_end31 July 1929
session3_start23 October 1929
session3_end17 July 1930
session4_start19 November 1930
session4_end17 July 1931
session5_start14 October 1931
session5_end17 December 1931
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| name = 6th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Irish Free State | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = September 1927 general election | government = | term_start = 11 October 1927 | term_end = 29 January 1932 | before = 5th Dáil | after = 7th Dáil | membership1 = 153 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Michael Hayes | chamber1_leader2_type = President of the Executive Council | chamber1_leader2 = W. T. Cosgrave | chamber1_leader3_type = Vice-President of the Executive Council | chamber1_leader3 = Ernest Blythe | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Eamonn Duggan | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = Éamon de Valera | session1_start = 11 October 1927 | session1_end = 31 July 1928 | session2_start = 10 October 1928 | session2_end = 31 July 1929 | session3_start = 23 October 1929 | session3_end = 17 July 1930 | session4_start = 19 November 1930 | session4_end = 17 July 1931 | session5_start = 14 October 1931 | session5_end = 17 December 1931

The 6th Dáil was elected at the September 1927 general election on 15 September 1927 and met on 11 October 1927. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. It was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1925 Seanad, the 1928 Seanad and the 1931 Seanad. The 6th Dáil was dissolved on 29 January 1932 by Governor-General James McNeill, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 6th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 6th Dáil

  • 4th, 5th Executive Council
  • Providing confidence and supply after April 1930 ::data[format=table] | Party | Sep. 1927 | Jan. 1932 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 153 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Cumann na nGaedheal}}" | | Cumann na nGaedheal | 62 | 64 | 2 | | | | 57 | 56 | 1 | | | | | 13 | 10 | 3 | | | | Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}" | | Farmers' Party | 6 | 6 | | | | National League (Ireland)}}" | | National League | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | 12 | 14 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | ::

Cumann na nGaedheal and the Farmers' Party formed the 4th executive council of the Irish Free State, a minority government dependent on the support of independents. After losing a private members bill vote due to too many absent members, the 5th executive council was formed by Cumann na nGaedheal and the Farmers' Party with the support of the National League and independents.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 6th Dáil from October 1927. This was not the official seating plan.

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Ceann Comhairle

On 11 October 1927, Michael Hayes (CnaG), who had been Ceann Comhairle since 1922, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position, and was elected without a vote.

On 27 October 1927, Patrick Hogan (Lab) was proposed by Thomas J. O'Connell and Hugh Colohan as Leas-Cheann Comhairle. He was elected by a vote of 91 to 58. On 8 March 1928, Hogan resigned. On 2 May 1928, Daniel Morrissey (Lab) was elected as Leas-Cheann Comhairle on a vote of 79 to 49.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected, listed by Dáil constituency.

|name = Carlow–Kilkenny |seats = 5 |td1 = W. T. Cosgrave |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Peter de Loughry |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Edward Doyle |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Thomas Derrig |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Richard Holohan |party5 = Farmers' Party (Ireland) |name = Cavan |seats = 4 |td1 = John James Cole |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = John O'Hanlon |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = John Joe O'Reilly |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Paddy Smith |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Clare |seats = 5 |td1 = Éamon de Valera |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Hogan |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Patrick Houlihan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Patrick Kelly |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Martin Sexton |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork Borough |seats = 5 |td1 = Richard Anthony |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = W. T. Cosgrave |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Barry Egan |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Hugo Flinn |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Seán French |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork East |seats = 5 |td1 = Edmond Carey |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Martin Corry |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John Daly |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Michael Hennessy |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = William Kent |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork North |seats = 3 |td1 = Daniel Corkery |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Daniel O'Leary |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Daniel Vaughan |party3 = Farmers' Party (Ireland) |name = Cork West |seats = 5 |td1 = Thomas Mullins |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Timothy J. Murphy |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Timothy O'Donovan |party3 = Farmers' Party (Ireland) |td4 = Timothy Sheehy |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Jasper Wolfe |party5 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Donegal |seats = 8 |td1 = Neal Blaney |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Frank Carney |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Archie Cassidy |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Eugene Doherty |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Hugh Law |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td6 = Michael Óg McFadden |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = John White |party7 = Farmers' Party (Ireland) |td8 = James Myles |party8 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Dublin North |seats = 8 |td1 = Alfie Byrne |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = John Byrne |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Eamonn Cooney |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = James Larkin |party5 = Irish Worker League |td6 = Patrick Leonard |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Richard Mulcahy |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td8 = Seán T. O'Kelly |party8 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South |seats = 7 |td1 = James Beckett |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Robert Briscoe |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Peadar Doyle |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Thomas Hennessy |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Myles Keogh |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td6 = Frank Kerlin |party6 = Fianna Fáil |td7 = Seán Lemass |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin County |seats = 8 |td1 = Seán Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Bryan Cooper |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Desmond FitzGerald |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = John Good |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td5 = Seán MacEntee |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Joseph Murphy |party6 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td7 = Batt O'Connor |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td8 = Gearóid O'Sullivan |party8 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Dublin University |seats = 3 |td1 = Ernest Alton |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = James Craig |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = William Thrift |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Galway |seats = 9 |td1 = Seán Broderick |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Frank Fahy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Hogan |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Stephen Jordan |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Mark Killilea Snr |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Martin McDonogh |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Joseph Mongan |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td8 = Thomas Powell |party8 = Fianna Fáil |td9 = Seán Tubridy |party9 = Fianna Fáil |name = Kerry |seats = 7 |td1 = Frederick Crowley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James Crowley |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Fionán Lynch |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Tom McEllistrim |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = William O'Leary |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Thomas O'Reilly |party6 = Fianna Fáil |td7 = John O'Sullivan |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Kildare |seats = 3 |td1 = Hugh Colohan |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Domhnall Ua Buachalla |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = George Wolfe |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Leitrim–Sligo |seats = 7 |td1 = James Dolan |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Frank Carty |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John Hennigan |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Samuel Holt |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Bernard Maguire |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Patrick Reynolds |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Martin Roddy |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Leix–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = William Aird |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Patrick Boland |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = William Davin |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = James Dwyer |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Patrick Gorry |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Limerick |seats = 7 |td1 = George C. Bennett |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Daniel Bourke |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Clancy |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = James Colbert |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Tadhg Crowley |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = John Nolan |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Richard O'Connell |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Longford–Westmeath |seats = 5 |td1 = Henry Broderick |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Michael Connolly |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Michael Kennedy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = James Killane |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Patrick Shaw |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Louth |seats = 3 |td1 = Frank Aiken |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James Coburn |party2 = National League Party |td3 = James Murphy |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Mayo North |seats = 4 |td1 = Micheál Clery |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Davis |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Mark Henry |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = P. J. Ruttledge |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo South |seats = 5 |td1 = James FitzGerald-Kenney |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Michael Kilroy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Martin Nally |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Thomas J. O'Connell |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Richard Walsh |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Meath |seats = 3 |td1 = Eamonn Duggan |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Arthur Matthews |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Matthew O'Reilly |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = Ernest Blythe |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Alexander Haslett |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = Conn Ward |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = National University |seats = 3 |td1 = Michael Hayes |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Patrick McGilligan |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Michael Tierney |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Roscommon |seats = 4 |td1 = Gerald Boland |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Brennan |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = Martin Conlon |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Patrick O'Dowd |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Tipperary |seats = 7 |td1 = Séamus Burke |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Andrew Fogarty |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Seán Hayes |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = John Hassett |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Michael Heffernan |party5 = Farmers' Party (Ireland) |td6 = Daniel Morrissey |party6 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td7 = Timothy Sheehy |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Waterford |seats = 4 |td1 = Seán Goulding |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Little |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = William Redmond |party3 = National League Party |td4 = Vincent White |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Wexford |seats = 5 |td1 = Denis Allen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Richard Corish |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Osmond Esmonde |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Michael Jordan |party4 = Farmers' Party (Ireland) |td5 = James Ryan |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Wicklow |seats = 3 |td1 = James Everett |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Séamus Moore |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Dermot O'Mahony |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

Changes

|date = 15 |month = September |year = 1927 |con = Dublin North |gain = |loss = Irish Worker League |note = James Larkin disqualified due to bankruptcy. |date = 11 |month = October |year = 1927 |con = National University |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Cumann na nGaedheal |note = Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 12 |month = October |year = 1927 |con = Carlow–Kilkenny |gain = |loss = Cumann na nGaedheal |note = W. T. Cosgrave resigns to sit for Cork Borough |date = 3 |month = November |year = 1927 |con = Carlow–Kilkenny |gain = Cumann na nGaedheal |loss = |note = Denis Gorey holds the seat vacated by Cosgrave |date = 3 |month = April |year = 1928 |con = Dublin North |gain = Cumann na nGaedheal |loss = |note = Vincent Rice gains the seat vacated by Larkin |date = 20 |month = February |year = 1929 |con = Dublin North |gain = |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Alfie Byrne elected to Seanad Éireann |date = 14 |month = March |year = 1929 |con = Dublin North |gain = Cumann na nGaedheal |loss = |note = Thomas F. O'Higgins gains seat vacated by Byrne |date = 18 |month = April |year = 1929 |con = Leitrim–Sligo |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Samuel Holt |date = 26 |month = April |year = 1930 |con = Longford–Westmeath |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of James Killane |date = 7 |month = June |year = 1929 |con = Leitrim–Sligo |gain = Cumann na nGaedheal |loss = |note = Seán Mac Eoin gains the seat vacated by the death of Holt |date = 13 |month = June |year = 1930 |con = Longford–Westmeath |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = James Geoghegan holds the seat vacated by the death of Killane |date = 5 |month = July |year = 1930 |con = Dublin County |gain = |loss = Cumann na nGaedheal |note = Death of Bryan Cooper |date = 28 |month = October |year = 1930 |con = Cork West |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Thomas Mullins expelled from the party |date = 9 |month = December |year = 1930 |con = Dublin County |gain = Cumann na nGaedheal |loss = |note = Thomas Finlay holds the seat vacated by the death of Cooper |date = 15 |month = April |year = 1931 |con = Kildare |gain = |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Death of Hugh Colohan |date = 29 |month = June |year = 1931 |con = Kildare |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Thomas Harris gains the seat vacated by the death of Colohan |date = |month = July |year = 1931 |con = Waterford |gain = Cumann na nGaedheal |loss = National League Party |note = William Redmond joins Cumann na nGaedheal on the disbandment of the National League |date = |month = July |year = 1931 |con = Louth |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = National League Party |note = James Coburn becomes an Independent TD on the disbandment of the National League |date = 23 |month = October |year = 1931 |con = Carlow–Kilkenny |gain = |loss = Cumann na nGaedheal |note = Death of Peter de Loughry |date = 24 |month = October |year = 1931 |con = Cork Borough |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Richard Anthony expelled for voting in favour of the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Bill |date = 24 |month = October |year = 1931 |con = Tipperary |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Daniel Morrissey expelled for voting in favour of the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Bill |date = 31 |month = October |year = 1931 |con = Leix–Offaly |gain = |loss = Cumann na nGaedheal |note = Death of William Aird |date = 17 |month = January |year = 1932 |con = Roscommon |gain = Cumann na nGaedheal |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Michael Brennan selected for Cumann na nGaedheal

Notes, citations and sources

Notes

References

References

  1. "Dáil and Seanad terms".
  2. (11 October 1927). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 21 No. 1".
  3. (27 October 1927). "Public Business – Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 21 No. 6".
  4. (8 March 1928). "Resignation of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 22 No. 9".
  5. (9 March 1928). "Resignation of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Personal Statement – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 22 No. 10".
  6. (2 May 1928). "Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 23 No. 7".
  7. "TDs & Senators (6th Dáil)".
  8. (12 October 1927). "Dáil Vacancy – Writ for Carlow–Kilkenny – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 21 No. 2".
  9. (1 March 1928). "ISSUE OF WRIT—NORTH DUBLIN CONSTITUENCY – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 22 No. 6".
  10. (20 February 1929). "Public Business. - Issue of Writ for Dublin City North – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 28 No. 1".
  11. (11 November 1930). "Fianna Fáil Party – The Expulsion of a Member". [[The Irish Times]].
  12. (4 November 1931). "Death of Deputies - Message of Condolence – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 40 No. 7".
  13. (26 October 1931). "Two Just Men". The Irish Times.
  14. (18 January 1932). "Other Conventions – County Roscommon". [[The Irish Times]].

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