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6th Dáil

TDs from September 1927 to 1932

Field	Value
name	6th Dáil
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Dáil Éireann
country	Irish Free State
meeting_place	Leinster House
election	September 1927 general election
government
term_start	11 October 1927
term_end	29 January 1932
before	[5th Dáil](5th-dail)
after	[7th Dáil](7th-dail)
membership1	153
chamber1_leader1_type	Ceann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1	Michael Hayes
chamber1_leader2_type	President of the Executive Council
chamber1_leader2	W. T. Cosgrave
chamber1_leader3_type	Vice-President of the Executive Council
chamber1_leader3	Ernest Blythe
chamber1_leader4_type	Chief Whip
chamber1_leader4	Eamonn Duggan
chamber1_leader5_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5	Éamon de Valera
session1_start	11 October 1927
session1_end	31 July 1928
session2_start	10 October 1928
session2_end	31 July 1929
session3_start	23 October 1929
session3_end	17 July 1930
session4_start	19 November 1930
session4_end	17 July 1931
session5_start	14 October 1931
session5_end	17 December 1931

The 6th Dáil was elected at the September 1927 general election on 15 September 1927 and met on 11 October 1927. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. It was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1925 Seanad, the 1928 Seanad and the 1931 Seanad. The 6th Dáil was dissolved on 29 January 1932 by Governor-General James McNeill, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 6th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 6th Dáil

4th, 5th Executive Council
Providing confidence and supply after April 1930

Party	Sep. 1927	Jan. 1932	class"unsortable"	Change	Total
Cumann na nGaedheal}}"		Cumann na nGaedheal	62	64	2
	57	56	1
	13	10	3
Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}"		Farmers' Party	6	6
National League (Ireland)}}"		National League	2
	1	0	1
	12	14	2
		1	1
		2	2

Cumann na nGaedheal and the Farmers' Party formed the 4th executive council of the Irish Free State, a minority government dependent on the support of independents. After losing a private members bill vote due to too many absent members, the 5th executive council was formed by Cumann na nGaedheal and the Farmers' Party with the support of the National League and independents.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 6th Dáil from October 1927. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On 11 October 1927, Michael Hayes (CnaG), who had been Ceann Comhairle since 1922, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position, and was elected without a vote.

On 27 October 1927, Patrick Hogan (Lab) was proposed by Thomas J. O'Connell and Hugh Colohan as Leas-Cheann Comhairle. He was elected by a vote of 91 to 58. On 8 March 1928, Hogan resigned. On 2 May 1928, Daniel Morrissey (Lab) was elected as Leas-Cheann Comhairle on a vote of 79 to 49.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected, listed by Dáil constituency.

Changes

Notes, citations and sources

Notes

References

"Dáil and Seanad terms".
(11 October 1927). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 21 No. 1".
(27 October 1927). "Public Business – Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 21 No. 6".
(8 March 1928). "Resignation of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 22 No. 9".
(9 March 1928). "Resignation of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Personal Statement – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 22 No. 10".
(2 May 1928). "Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 23 No. 7".
"TDs & Senators (6th Dáil)".
(12 October 1927). "Dáil Vacancy – Writ for Carlow–Kilkenny – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 21 No. 2".
(1 March 1928). "ISSUE OF WRIT—NORTH DUBLIN CONSTITUENCY – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 22 No. 6".
(20 February 1929). "Public Business. - Issue of Writ for Dublin City North – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 28 No. 1".
(11 November 1930). "Fianna Fáil Party – The Expulsion of a Member". [[The Irish Times]].
(4 November 1931). "Death of Deputies - Message of Condolence – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 40 No. 7".
(26 October 1931). "Two Just Men". The Irish Times.
(18 January 1932). "Other Conventions – County Roscommon". [[The Irish Times]].

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