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7th Dáil

TDs from 1932 to 1933

Field	Value
name	7th Dáil
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Dáil Éireann
country	Irish Free State
meeting_place	Leinster House
election	[1932 general election](1932-irish-general-election)
government	[6th executive council](6th-executive-council-of-the-irish-free-state)
term_start	9 March 1932
term_end	2 January 1933
before	[6th Dáil](6th-dail)
after	[8th Dáil](8th-dail)
membership1	153
chamber1_leader1_type	Ceann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1	Frank Fahy
chamber1_leader2_type	President of the Executive Council
chamber1_leader2	Éamon de Valera
chamber1_leader3_type	Vice-President of the Executive Council
chamber1_leader3	Seán T. O'Kelly
chamber1_leader4_type	Chief Whip
chamber1_leader4	Gerald Boland
chamber1_leader5_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5	W. T. Cosgrave
session1_start	9 March 1932
session1_end	5 August 1932
session2_start	19 October 1932
session2_end	22 December 1932

The 7th Dáil was elected at the 1932 general election on 16 February 1932 and met on 9 March 1932. 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 1931 Seanad. The 7th Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Domhnall Ua Buachalla, at the request of the President of the Executive Council Éamon de Valera on 2 January 1933. The 7th Dáil lasted . There were no by-elections during the 7th Dáil.

Composition of the 7th Dáil

6th Executive Council
Providing confidence and supply

Party	Feb. 1932	Jan. 1933	class"unsortable"	Change	Total
Fianna Fáil}}"		Fianna Fáil	72	70	2
	57	54	3
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"		Labour	8	8
	3	3
	14	14
		1	1
		4	4

Fianna Fáil formed the 6th executive council of the Irish Free State, a minority government dependent on the support of the Labour Party.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 7th Dáil from March 1932. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On 9 March 1932, Frank Fahy (FF) was proposed by Gerald Boland and seconded by Donnchadh O hAllamhain for the position of Ceann Comhairle. Michael Hayes (CnaG), who had been Ceann Comhairle since 1922, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Ernest Blythe for the position. Fahy was elected by a vote of 78 to 71.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.

Changes

References

(9 March 1932). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (7th Dáil) – Vol. 41 No. 1".
"TDs & Senators (7th Dáil)".

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