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15th Dáil

TDs from 1954 to 1957

Field	Value
name	15th Dáil
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Dáil Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
election	[1954 general election](1954-irish-general-election)
government	[7th government of Ireland](7th-government-of-ireland)
term_start	2 June 1954
term_end	12 February 1957
before	[14th Dáil](14th-dail)
after	[16th Dáil](16th-dail)
membership1	147
chamber1_leader1_type	Ceann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1	Patrick Hogan
chamber1_leader2_type	Taoiseach
chamber1_leader2	John A. Costello
chamber1_leader3_type	Tánaiste
chamber1_leader3	William Norton
chamber1_leader4_type	Chief Whip
chamber1_leader4	Denis J. O'Sullivan
chamber1_leader5_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5	Éamon de Valera
session1_start	2 June 1954
session1_end	15 July 1954
session2_start	27 October 1954
session2_end	14 July 1955
session3_start	26 October 1955
session3_end	26 July 1956
session4_start	24 October 1956
session4_end	13 December 1956

The 15th Dáil was elected at the 1954 general election on 14 May 1954 and met on 2 June 1954. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 8th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

On 12 February 1957, President Seán T. O'Kelly dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach John A. Costello on 4 February. The 15th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 15th Dáil

Second Inter-Party Government (7th government) coalition parties
Providing confidence and supply

Party	May 1954	Feb. 1957	class"unsortable"	Change	Total
	65	68	3
Fine Gael}}"		Fine Gael	50	48	2
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"		Labour	19	17	2
Clann na Talmhan}}"		Clann na Talmhan	5	5
Clann na Poblachta}}"		Clann na Poblachta	3	3
	5	5
		1	1

Fine Gael, the Labour Party, and Clann na Talmhan formed the 7th government of Ireland, a minority government dependent on the support of Clann na Poblachta.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 15th Dáil from June 1954. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as Ceann Comhairle in the previous Dáil, was proposed by Éamon de Valera (FF) and seconded by Richard Mulcahy (FG) for the position. 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

(2 June 1954). "Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (15th Dáil) – Vol. 146 No. 1".
"TDs & Senators (15th Dáil)".

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