The 6th Dáil was elected at the September 1927 general election on 15 September 1927 and met on 11 October 1927. The members of

Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann ( , ; ) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).Article 15.1.2º of the Constitution of Ireland rea ...

, the

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of the

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(legislature) of the

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, are known as TDs. The 6th Dáil was dissolved on 29 January 1932 by

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, at the request of the President of the Executive Council

W. T. Cosgrave William Thomas Cosgrave (5 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, leader of the Opposition in both the Free State and Ir ...

. The 6th Dáil lasted days.

Composition of the 6th Dáil

Government party denoted with bullet ()

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 6th Dáil from October 1927. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On 11 October 1927, Michael Hayes (CnaG), who had been

Ceann Comhairle The (; "Head of heCouncil"; plural usually ) is the chairperson (or speaker) of , the lower house of the (parliament) of Ireland. The person who holds the position is elected by members of the from among their number in the first session a ...

since 1922, was proposed by

and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position, and was elected without a vote. On 27 October 1927, Patrick Hogan (Lab) was proposed by

Thomas J. O'Connell Thomas Joseph O'Connell (21 November 1882 – 22 June 1969) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party from 1927 to 1932. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1922 to 1932. He was a Senator for the Cultura ...

and

Hugh Colohan Hugh Colohan (c. 1870 – 15 April 1931)''The Irish Times'' (16 April 1931), page 8 was an Irish Labour Party politician. A brick and stone layer before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála ...

as Leas-Cheann Comhairle. He was elected by a vote of 91 to 58. On 8 March 1928, Hogan resigned. On 2 May 1928,

Daniel Morrissey Daniel Morrissey (28 November 1895 – 4 November 1981) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Justice from March 1951 to June 1951, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1948 to 1951 and Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil ...

(Lab) was elected as Leas-Cheann Comhairle on a vote of 79 to 49.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected, listed by Dáil constituency.

Changes

Notes, citations and sources

Notes

References

External links

Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 6th Dáil
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