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11th Dáil

TDs from 1943 to 1944

11th Dáil

TDs from 1943 to 1944

FieldValue
name11th Dáil
imageOireachtas logo.svg
image_size100px
bodyDáil Éireann
countryIreland
meeting_placeLeinster House
election[1943 general election](1943-irish-general-election)
government[3rd government of Ireland](3rd-government-of-ireland)
term_start1 July 1943
term_end7 June 1944
before[10th Dáil](10th-dail)
after[12th Dáil](12th-dail)
membership1138
chamber1_leader1_typeCeann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1Frank Fahy
chamber1_leader2_typeTaoiseach
chamber1_leader2Éamon de Valera
chamber1_leader3_typeTánaiste
chamber1_leader3Seán T. O'Kelly
chamber1_leader4_typeChief Whip
chamber1_leader4Eamon Kissane
— Paddy Smith
until 2 July 1943
chamber1_leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5Thomas F. O'Higgins
— W. T. Cosgrave
until January 1944
session1_start1 July 1943
session1_end9 July 1943
session2_start20 October 1943
session2_end10 May 1944

— Paddy Smith until 2 July 1943 — W. T. Cosgrave until January 1944 The 11th Dáil was elected at the 1943 general election on 23 June 1943 and met on 1 July 1943. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 4th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

The Dáil adjourned sine die on 10 May 1944, the day after President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 30 May at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 11th Dáil was dissolved on 7 June 1944. Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until after the election. Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943.; ; The act, which would have been unconstitutional if not for the state of emergency in effect during the Second World War, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence. The 13th Dáil lasted .

There were no by-elections during this Dáil.

Composition of the 11th Dáil

PartyJune 1943May 1944class"unsortable"ChangeTotal138
Fianna Fáil}}"Fianna Fáil67652
3232
17125
14131
11
National Labour Party (Ireland)}}"National Labour55
781
11
11

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 11th Dáil from July 1943. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On 1 July 1943, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Seán T. O'Kelly for the position, and was elected without a vote.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 138 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.

Changes

References

References

  1. (8 June 1944). "Dáil dissolved". [[The Irish Times]].
  2. (14 April 1943). "General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Bill, 1943—Second Stage – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)".
  3. (1 July 1943). "Election of Ceann Comhairle". Dáil Debates – Vol. 91 No. 1.
  4. "TDs & Senators (11th Dáil)".
  5. (20 October 1943). "Death of a Deputy". Dáil Debates – Vol. 91 No. 6.
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