8th Dáil

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TDs from 1933 to 1937

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::summary TDs from 1933 to 1937 ::

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FieldValue
name8th Dáil
imageOireachtas logo.svg
image_size100px
bodyDáil Éireann
countryIrish Free State
meeting_placeLeinster House
election1933 general election
government7th executive council
term_start8 February 1933
term_end14 June 1937
before7th Dáil
after9th 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_leader4Patrick Little
chamber1_leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5W. T. Cosgrave
session1_start8 February 1933
session1_end9 August 1933
session2_start27 September 1933
session2_end10 August 1934
session3_start12 September 1934
session3_end25 July 1935
session4_start30 October 1935
session4_end13 August 1936
session5_start4 November 1936
session5_end14 June 1937
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| name = 8th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Irish Free State | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1933 general election | government = 7th executive council | term_start = 8 February 1933 | term_end = 14 June 1937 | before = 7th Dáil | after = 9th 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 = Patrick Little | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = W. T. Cosgrave | session1_start = 8 February 1933 | session1_end = 9 August 1933 | session2_start = 27 September 1933 | session2_end = 10 August 1934 | session3_start = 12 September 1934 | session3_end = 25 July 1935 | session4_start = 30 October 1935 | session4_end = 13 August 1936 | session5_start = 4 November 1936 | session5_end = 14 June 1937 The 8th Dáil was elected at the 1933 general election on 24 January 1933 and met on 8 February 1933. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. Initially, it was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1931 Seanad and the 1934 Seanad. From 29 May 1936, it was the sole house of the Oireachtas, after the disbandment of Seanad Éireann under the Constitution (Amendment No. 24) Act 1936. The 8th Dáil was dissolved on 14 June 1937. The 8th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 8th Dáil

  • 7th Executive Council
  • Providing confidence and supply ::data[format=table] | Party | Jan. 1933 | June 1937 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 153 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fianna Fáil}}" | | Fianna Fáil | 77 | 77 | | | | | 48 | | 48 | | | | | 11 | | 11 | | | | Labour Party (Ireland)}}" | | Labour | 8 | 8 | | | | | | 53 | 53 | | | | | 9 | 11 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | ::

Fianna Fáil formed the 7th 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 8th Dáil from February 1933. This was not the official seating plan.

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Ceann Comhairle

On 8 February 1933, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle in the previous Dáil, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by William Norton for the position, and was elected without a vote.

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 = Richard Holohan |party3 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |td4 = Thomas Derrig |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = James Pattison |party5 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Cavan |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick McGovern |party1 = National Centre Party (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 = Patrick Houlihan |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Seán O'Grady |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 = William Broderick |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Martin Corry |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Daly |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = William Kent |party4 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |td5 = Patrick Murphy |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork North |seats = 3 |td1 = Daniel Corkery |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Moylan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Daniel O'Leary |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Cork West |seats = 5 |td1 = James Burke |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Tom Hales |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Timothy J. Murphy |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Timothy O'Donovan |party4 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |td5 = Eamonn O'Neill |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Donegal |seats = 8 |td1 = Neal Blaney |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Brian Brady |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = James Dillon |party3 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |td4 = Hugh Doherty |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Michael Óg McFadden |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td6 = Daniel McMenamin |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = James Myles |party7 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td8 = Joseph O'Doherty |party8 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North |seats = 8 |td1 = Patrick Belton |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Cormac Breathnach |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Alfie Byrne |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td4 = Eamonn Cooney |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Richard Mulcahy |party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td6 = Seán T. O'Kelly |party6 = Fianna Fáil |td7 = Vincent Rice |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |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 Kelly |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Seán Lemass |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = James Lynch |party6 = Fianna Fáil |td7 = James McGuire |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Dublin County |seats = 8 |td1 = John A. Costello |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Seán Brady |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Henry Dockrell |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = John Good |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td5 = Seán MacEntee |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Batt O'Connor |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Gearóid O'Sullivan |party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td8 = Margaret Mary Pearse |party8 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Séamus Keely |party7 = Fianna Fáil |td8 = Mark Killilea Snr |party8 = Fianna Fáil |td9 = Martin McDonogh |party9 = Cumann na nGaedheal |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 = Denis Daly |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 = James Dolan |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Stephen Flynn |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Bernard Maguire |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Martin Roddy |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Patrick Rogers |party7 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |name = Leix–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = Patrick Boland |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = William Davin |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Eamon Donnelly |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Jack Finlay |party4 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |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 = Tadhg Crowley |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Michael Keyes |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Donnchadh Ó Briain |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = James Reidy |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Robert Ryan |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Longford–Westmeath |seats = 5 |td1 = Charles Fagan |party1 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |td2 = James Geoghegan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Kennedy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Seán Mac Eoin |party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td5 = James Victory |party5 = Fianna Fáil |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 = James Morrisroe |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 = Robert Davitt |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = James Kelly |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Matthew O'Reilly |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = Alexander Haslett |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Eamon Rice |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Conn Ward |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = National University |seats = 3 |td1 = Helena Concannon |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Conor Maguire |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick McGilligan |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |name = Roscommon |seats = 4 |td1 = Michael Brennan |party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td2 = Gerald Boland |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Frank MacDermot |party3 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |td4 = Patrick O'Dowd |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Tipperary |seats = 7 |td1 = Dan Breen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Séamus Burke |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = Richard Curran |party3 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |td4 = Andrew Fogarty |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Seán Hayes |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = Daniel Morrissey |party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td7 = Martin Ryan |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Waterford |seats = 4 |td1 = Seán Goulding |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Little |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Bridget Redmond |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Nicholas Wall |party4 = National Centre Party (Ireland) |name = Wexford |seats = 5 |td1 = Richard Corish |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Osmond Esmonde |party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td3 = John Keating |party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal |td4 = Patrick Kehoe |party4 = Fianna Fáil |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 = 8 |month = February |year = 1933 |con = Galway |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 12 |month = July |year = 1933 |con = Dublin University |gain = |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Death of James Craig |date = 8 |month = September |year = 1933 |con = 48 TDs |gain = Fine Gael |loss = Cumann na nGaedheal |note = New party formed after merger |date = 8 |month = September |year = 1933 |con = 10 TDs |gain = Fine Gael |loss = National Centre Party (Ireland) |note = New party formed after merger |date = 8 |month = September |year = 1933 |con = Cork East |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = National Centre Party (Ireland) |note = William Kent became Independent on formation of Fine Gael |date = 3 |month = October |year = 1933 |con = Louth |gain = Fine Gael |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = James Coburn joins Fine Gael |date = 13 |month = October |year = 1933 |con = Dublin University |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = |note = Robert Rowlette wins the seat vacated by the death of Craig |date = 30 |month = October |year = 1934 |con = Dublin North |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fine Gael |note = Patrick Belton expelled for his continued support for Eoin O'Duffy as party leader |date = 24 |month = November |year = 1934 |con = Galway |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Martin McDonogh |date = 7 |month = February |year = 1935 |con = Dublin County |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Batt O'Connor |date = 17 |month = June |year = 1935 |con = Dublin County |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Cecil Lavery holds the seat vacated by the death of O'Connor |month = October |date = |year = 1935 |con = Roscommon |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fine Gael |note = Frank MacDermot resigns from Fine Gael |month = June |date = 19 |year = 1935 |con = Galway |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Eamon Corbett wins the seat vacated by the death of McDonogh |date = 14 |month = July |year = 1936 |con = Galway |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Patrick Hogan |date = 22 |month = July |year = 1936 |con = Wexford |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Osmond Esmonde |date = 13 |month = August |year = 1936 |con = Galway |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Martin Neilan wins the seat vacated by the death of Hogan |date = 17 |month = August |year = 1936 |con = Wexford |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Denis Allen wins the seat vacated by the death of Esmonde |month = September |date = 10 |year = 1936 |con = Cork West |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of James Burke |month = November |date = 3 |year = 1936 |con = National University |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Appointment of Conor Maguire as a judge of the High Court |date = 23 |month = December |year = 1936 |con = Longford–Westmeath |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Appointment of James Geoghegan as a judge of the Supreme Court

Footnotes

References

References

  1. (8 February 1933). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (8th Dáil) – Vol. 46 No. 1".
  2. "TDs & Senators (8th Dáil)".
  3. (26 December 1933). "1933 in the Dáil — Young Men to the Fore — How Government has Shaped". The Irish Times.
  4. (4 October 1933). "United Ireland Party – Independent Deputy Becomes a Member". [[The Irish Times]].
  5. (20 October 1934). "Mr. Belton's position". [[The Irish Times]].
  6. (4 November 1936). "Attorney-General's Judicial Appointment. – Dáil Éireann (8th Dáil) – Vol. 64 No. 1".
  7. (3 February 1937). "Deputy's Appointment to Judiciary – Dáil Éireann (8th Dáil) – Vol. 65 No. 1".

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