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14th Dáil

TDs from 1951 to 1954

Field	Value
name	14th Dáil
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Dáil Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
election	[1951 general election](1951-irish-general-election)
government	[6th government of Ireland](6th-government-of-ireland)
term_start	13 June 1951
term_end	24 April 1954
before	[13th Dáil](13th-dail)
after	[15th Dáil](15th-dail)
membership1	147
chamber1_leader1_type	Ceann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1	Patrick Hogan
chamber1_leader2_type	Taoiseach
chamber1_leader2	Éamon de Valera
chamber1_leader3_type	Tánaiste
chamber1_leader3	Seán Lemass
chamber1_leader4_type	Chief Whip
chamber1_leader4	Donnchadh Ó Briain
chamber1_leader5_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5	John A. Costello
session1_start	13 June 1951
session1_end	19 July 1951
session2_start	31 October 1951
session2_end	24 July 1952
session3_start	22 October 1952
session3_end	5 August 1953
session4_start	20 October 1953
session4_end	23 April 1954

The 14th Dáil was elected at the 1951 general election on 30 May 1951 and met on 13 June 1951. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 7th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

On 24 April 1954, President Seán T. O'Kelly dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 14th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 14th Dáil

6th government

Party	May 1951	Apr. 1954	class"unsortable"	Change	Total
Fianna Fáil}}"		Fianna Fáil	69	71	2
	40	45	5
	16	14	2
	6	6
	2	2
	1		1
Independent politician (Ireland)}}"		Independent	13	8	5
Ceann Comhairle}}"		Ceann Comhairle		1	1

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 14th Dáil from June 1951. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab) was proposed as Ceann Comhairle by John A. Costello (FG) and seconded by Joseph Blowick (CnaT). His election was approved without a vote. Hogan had served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1927 to 1928, from 1932 to 1938 and from 1948 to 1951.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 147 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.

Changes

References

(13 June 1951). "Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (14th Dáil) – Vol. 126 No. 1".
"TDs & Senators (14th Dáil)".
(12 May 1952). "Three Independent T.D.s join Fine Gael". [[Derry Journal]].
(29 October 1953). "Three Independents join Fianna Fáil". [[The Irish Times]].

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