7th Dáil

TDs from 1932 to 1933


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::summary TDs from 1932 to 1933 ::

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FieldValue
name7th Dáil
imageOireachtas logo.svg
image_size100px
bodyDáil Éireann
countryIrish Free State
meeting_placeLeinster House
election1932 general election
government6th executive council
term_start9 March 1932
term_end2 January 1933
before6th Dáil
after8th Dáil
membership1153
chamber1_leader1_typeCeann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1Frank Fahy
chamber1_leader2_typePresident of the Executive Council
chamber1_leader2Éamon de Valera
chamber1_leader3_typeVice-President of the Executive Council
chamber1_leader3Seán T. O'Kelly
chamber1_leader4_typeChief Whip
chamber1_leader4Gerald Boland
chamber1_leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5W. T. Cosgrave
session1_start9 March 1932
session1_end5 August 1932
session2_start19 October 1932
session2_end22 December 1932
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| name = 7th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Irish Free State | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1932 general election | government = 6th executive council | term_start = 9 March 1932 | term_end = 2 January 1933 | before = 6th Dáil | after = 8th Dáil | membership1 = 153 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Frank Fahy | chamber1_leader2_type = President of the Executive Council | chamber1_leader2 = Éamon de Valera | chamber1_leader3_type = Vice-President of the Executive Council | chamber1_leader3 = Seán T. O'Kelly | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Gerald Boland | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = W. T. Cosgrave | session1_start = 9 March 1932 | session1_end = 5 August 1932 | session2_start = 19 October 1932 | session2_end = 22 December 1932 The 7th Dáil was elected at the 1932 general election on 16 February 1932 and met on 9 March 1932. 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 1931 Seanad. The 7th Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Domhnall Ua Buachalla, at the request of the President of the Executive Council Éamon de Valera on 2 January 1933. The 7th Dáil lasted . There were no by-elections during the 7th Dáil.

Composition of the 7th Dáil

  • 6th Executive Council
  • Providing confidence and supply ::data[format=table] | Party | Feb. 1932 | Jan. 1933 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 153 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fianna Fáil}}" | | Fianna Fáil | 72 | 70 | 2 | | | | 57 | 54 | 3 | | | | Labour Party (Ireland)}}" | | Labour | 8 | 8 | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 14 | 14 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | 4 | | | ::

Fianna Fáil formed the 6th executive council of the Irish Free State, a minority government dependent on the support of the Labour Party.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 7th Dáil from March 1932. This was not the official seating plan.

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Ceann Comhairle

On 9 March 1932, Frank Fahy (FF) was proposed by Gerald Boland and seconded by Donnchadh O hAllamhain for the position of Ceann Comhairle. Michael Hayes (CnaG), who had been Ceann Comhairle since 1922, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Ernest Blythe for the position. Fahy was elected by a vote of 78 to 71.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.

|name = Carlow–Kilkenny |seats = 5 |td1 = Desmond FitzGerald |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Seán Gibbons |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Denis Gorey |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Francis Humphreys |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Thomas Derrig |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cavan |seats = 4 |td1 = John O'Hanlon |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = John Joe O'Reilly |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Michael Sheridan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Paddy Smith |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Clare |seats = 5 |td1 = Patrick Burke |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Éamon de Valera |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Hogan |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Seán O'Grady |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Martin Sexton |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork Borough |seats = 5 |td1 = Richard Anthony |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = W. T. Cosgrave |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = William Desmond |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Thomas Dowdall |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Hugo Flinn |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork East |seats = 5 |td1 = Brook Brasier |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = William Broderick |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Martin Corry |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = John Daly |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Patrick Murphy |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork North |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Moylan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Daniel O'Leary |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Daniel Vaughan |party3 = Farmers' Party (Ireland) |name = Cork West |seats = 5 |td1 = Raphael Keyes |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Timothy J. Murphy |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Timothy O'Donovan |party3 = Farmers' Party (Ireland) |td4 = Eamonn O'Neill |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Jasper Wolfe |party5 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Donegal |seats = 8 |td1 = Neal Blaney |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Brian Brady |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Frank Carney |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = James Dillon |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td5 = Eugene Doherty |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td6 = Daniel McMenamin |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = James Myles |party7 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td8 = John White |party8 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Dublin North |seats = 8 |td1 = Cormac Breathnach |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Alfie Byrne |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = John Byrne |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Eamonn Cooney |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td6 = Richard Mulcahy |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Seán T. O'Kelly |party7 = Fianna Fáil |td8 = Oscar Traynor |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 = Seán Lemass |party6 = Fianna Fáil |td7 = James Lynch |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin County |seats = 8 |td1 = Seán Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Curran |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Henry Dockrell |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Thomas Finlay |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = John Good |party5 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td6 = Seán MacEntee |party6 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Gerald Bartley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Beegan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Seán Broderick |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Frank Fahy |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Patrick Hogan |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td6 = Stephen Jordan |party6 = Fianna Fáil |td7 = Fred McDonogh |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td8 = Joseph Mongan |party8 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td9 = Thomas Powell |party9 = Fianna Fáil |name = Kerry |seats = 7 |td1 = Frederick Crowley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = John Flynn |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Eamon Kissane |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Fionán Lynch |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Tom McEllistrim |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Thomas O'Reilly |party6 = Fianna Fáil |td7 = John O'Sullivan |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Kildare |seats = 3 |td1 = Thomas Harris |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Sydney Minch |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = William Norton |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Leitrim–Sligo |seats = 7 |td1 = William Browne |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Frank Carty |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Stephen Flynn |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = John Hennigan |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Bernard Maguire |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Martin Roddy |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Mary Reynolds |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Leix–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = Patrick Boland |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = William Davin |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Patrick Gorry |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Eugene O'Brien |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Thomas F. O'Higgins |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Limerick |seats = 7 |td1 = George C. Bennett |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Daniel Bourke |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = James Colbert |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Tadhg Crowley |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = John O'Shaughnessy |party5 = Farmers' Party (Ireland) |td6 = James Reidy |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Robert Ryan |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Longford–Westmeath |seats = 5 |td1 = James Geoghegan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Francis Gormley |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Kennedy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Seán Mac Eoin |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Patrick Shaw |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Louth |seats = 3 |td1 = Frank Aiken |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James Coburn |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |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 = Patrick O'Hara |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 = Edward Moane |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Martin Nally |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Richard Walsh |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Meath |seats = 3 |td1 = Eamonn Duggan |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = James Kelly |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Matthew O'Reilly |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = Ernest Blythe |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Eamon Rice |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Conn Ward |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = National University |seats = 3 |td1 = Michael Hayes |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Conor Maguire |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick McGilligan |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Roscommon |seats = 4 |td1 = Gerald Boland |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Martin Conlon |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Frank MacDermot |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td4 = Daniel O'Rourke |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Tipperary |seats = 7 |td1 = Dan Breen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Séamus Burke |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Andrew Fogarty |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = John Hassett |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = Seán Hayes |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Daniel Morrissey |party6 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td7 = Timothy Sheehy |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Waterford |seats = 4 |td1 = Seán Goulding |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = John Kiersey |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Patrick Little |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = William Redmond |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 = John Keating |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |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 = 9 |month = March |year = 1932 |con = Galway |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 27 |month = February |year = 1932 |con = Cork East |gain = |loss = Cumann na nGaedheal |note = Death of John Daly |date = 17 |month = April |year = 1932 |con = Waterford |gain = |loss = Cumann na nGaedheal |note = Death of William Redmond |date = 19 |month = October |year = 1932 |con = Donegal |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Frank Carney |date = 22 |month = November |year = 1932 |con = Dublin County |gain = |loss = Cumann na nGaedheal |note = Death of Thomas Finlay

References

References

  1. (9 March 1932). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (7th Dáil) – Vol. 41 No. 1".
  2. "TDs & Senators (7th Dáil)".

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