| 3rd Dáil | |
| Term Start: | 9 September 1922 |
| Term End: | 9 August 1923 |
| Membership1: | 128 |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | W. T. Cosgrave |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | W. T. Cosgrave |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | W. T. Cosgrave |
| Chamber1 Leader5: | Kevin O'Higgins |
| Chamber1 Leader6: | Daniel McCarthy |
| Chamber2 Leader1: | Thomas Johnson |
| Session1 Start: | 9 September 1922 |
| Session1 End: | 9 August 1923 |
The 3rd Dáil was elected at the 1922 general election on 16 June and met on 9 September. On its formation, it was a Constituent Assembly in a Provisional Parliament. From 6 December 1922, Dáil Éireann was one of two houses of the Oireachtas in the Irish Free State, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1922 Seanad. Members of the Dáil are known as TDs. The 3rd Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 9 August 1923, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 3rd Dáil lasted days.
| Party | June 1922 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | 58 | |
| 36 | ||
| 17 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 9 | ||
Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin, marked with bullet, formed a Dáil ministry when the Third Dáil met on 9 September 1922. It formed the 1st executive council of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922, led by W. T. Cosgrave as President of the Executive Council. It formed the Cumann na nGaedheal party in April 1923.
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 3rd Dáil from June 1922. This was not the official seating plan.
On 9 September 1922, Michael Hayes was proposed by Ernest Blythe and seconded by Patrick Hogan for the position of Ceann Comhairle, and was approved without a vote. Pádraic Ó Máille was proposed by Piaras Béaslaí and seconded by Liam de Róiste for the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle, and also approved without a vote.[1]
On 6 December 1922, when the Dáil first met under the new constitution, Hayes was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position of Ceann Comhairle, and was approved without a vote.[2] De Róiste was proposed as Leas-Cheann Comhairle by George Nicolls and seconded by Seán McGarry, and also approved without a vote.[3]
The list of the 128 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[4]
No by-elections were held for vacancies during the 3rd Dáil.