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.
Party | May 1951 | Apr. 1954 | |
---|---|---|---|
69 | 70 | ||
40 | 42 | ||
16 | 14 | ||
6 | 6 | ||
2 | 2 | ||
14 | 11 | ||
1 |
Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet, formed the 6th government of Ireland.
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 14th Dáil from June 1951. This was not the official seating plan.
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.
The list of the 147 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]