14th Dáil explained

14th Dáil
Term Start:13 June 1951
Term End:24 April 1954
Membership1:147
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 days.

Composition of the 14th Dáil

Party May 1951 Apr. 1954
69 70
40 42
16 14
6 6
2 2
14 11
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Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet, formed the 6th government of Ireland.

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.[1] 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.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (14th Dáil) – Vol. 126 No. 1 . Houses of the Oireachtas . 11 August 2022 . 13 June 1951 . 8 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220708040119/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1951-06-13/2/ . live .
  2. Web site: TDs & Senators (14th Dáil) . Houses of the Oireachtas . 20 April 2022 . 5 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180505130106/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=14&MemberID=654&ConstID=111 . live .