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12th Dáil

TDs from 1944 to 1948

Field	Value
name	12th Dáil
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Dáil Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
election	[1944 general election](1944-irish-general-election)
government	[4th government of Ireland](4th-government-of-ireland)
term_start	9 June 1944
term_end	12 January 1948
before	[11th Dáil](11th-dail)
after	[13th Dáil](13th-dail)
membership1	138
chamber1_leader1_type	Ceann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1	Frank Fahy
chamber1_leader2_type	Taoiseach
chamber1_leader2	Éamon de Valera
chamber1_leader3_type	Tánaiste
chamber1_leader3	Seán Lemass
— Seán T. O'Kelly
until 14 June 1945
chamber1_leader4_type	Chief Whip
chamber1_leader4	Eamon Kissane
chamber1_leader5_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5	Richard Mulcahy
session1_start	9 June 1944
session1_end	28 June 1944
session2_start	19 September 1944
session2_end	20 July 1945
session3_start	10 October 1945
session3_end	21 August 1946
session4_start	23 October 1946
session4_end	6 August 1947
session5_start	8 October 1947
session5_end	11 December 1947

— Seán T. O'Kelly until 14 June 1945 The 12th Dáil was elected at the 1944 general election on 30 May 1944 and first met on 9 June 1944. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 5th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

The 12th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly on 12 January 1948, at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 12th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 12th Dáil

4th government

Party	May 1944	Jan. 1948	class"unsortable"	Change
Fianna Fáil}}"		Fianna Fáil	76	76
	30	25	5
	11	11
	8	8
National Labour Party (Ireland)}}"		National Labour	4	4
	1	1
		2	2
	8	8
		1	1
		2	2

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 12th Dáil from June 1944. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On 9 June 1944, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Richard Mulcahy 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

Eamonn Coogan (FG), an outgoing TD for Kilkenny, died after the dissolution of the 12th Dáil, during the 1948 general election campaign.

References

(9 June 1944). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 94 No. 1".
"TDs & Senators (12th Dáil)".
(3 October 1944). "Resignation of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 95 No. 1".
(10 October 1945). "Resignation of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 98 No. 1".
(29 March 1946). "Resignation of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 100 No. 7".
(1 August 1947). "Fine Gael member resigns from party". [[The Irish Times]].

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