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8th Dáil

TDs from 1933 to 1937

Field	Value
name	8th Dáil
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Dáil Éireann
country	Irish Free State
meeting_place	Leinster House
election	[1933 general election](1933-irish-general-election)
government	[7th executive council](7th-executive-council-of-the-irish-free-state)
term_start	8 February 1933
term_end	14 June 1937
before	[7th Dáil](7th-dail)
after	[9th Dáil](9th-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	Patrick Little
chamber1_leader5_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5	W. T. Cosgrave
session1_start	8 February 1933
session1_end	9 August 1933
session2_start	27 September 1933
session2_end	10 August 1934
session3_start	12 September 1934
session3_end	25 July 1935
session4_start	30 October 1935
session4_end	13 August 1936
session5_start	4 November 1936
session5_end	14 June 1937

The 8th Dáil was elected at the 1933 general election on 24 January 1933 and met on 8 February 1933. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. Initially, it was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1931 Seanad and the 1934 Seanad. From 29 May 1936, it was the sole house of the Oireachtas, after the disbandment of Seanad Éireann under the Constitution (Amendment No. 24) Act 1936. The 8th Dáil was dissolved on 14 June 1937. The 8th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 8th Dáil

7th Executive Council
Providing confidence and supply

Party	Jan. 1933	June 1937	class"unsortable"	Change
Fianna Fáil}}"		Fianna Fáil	77	77
	48		48
	11		11
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"		Labour	8	8
		53	53
	9	11	2
		1	1
		3	3

Fianna Fáil formed the 7th 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 8th Dáil from February 1933. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On 8 February 1933, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle in the previous Dáil, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by William Norton for the position, and was elected without a vote.

TDs by constituency

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

Changes

Footnotes

References

(8 February 1933). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (8th Dáil) – Vol. 46 No. 1".
"TDs & Senators (8th Dáil)".
(26 December 1933). "1933 in the Dáil — Young Men to the Fore — How Government has Shaped". The Irish Times.
(4 October 1933). "United Ireland Party – Independent Deputy Becomes a Member". [[The Irish Times]].
(20 October 1934). "Mr. Belton's position". [[The Irish Times]].
(4 November 1936). "Attorney-General's Judicial Appointment. – Dáil Éireann (8th Dáil) – Vol. 64 No. 1".
(3 February 1937). "Deputy's Appointment to Judiciary – Dáil Éireann (8th Dáil) – Vol. 65 No. 1".

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