The 1933 Irish general election to the

8th Dáil The 8th Dáil was elected at the 1933 Irish general election, 1933 general election on 24 January 1933 and met on 8 February 1933. The members of Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State), Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas ( ...

was held on Tuesday, 24 January following the dissolution of the

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on 2 January by

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on the advice of the Executive Council. The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the

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for 153 seats in

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. The 8th Dáil met at

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on 8 February to nominate the

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and Executive Council of the Irish Free State for appointment by the Governor-General. Outgoing president

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was re-appointed leading a

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil ( ; ; meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (), is a centre to centre-right political party in Ireland. Founded as a republican party in 1926 by Éamon de ...

government, which fell one seat short of an overall majority.

Campaign

Result

Voting summary

Seats summary

Government formation

Excluding the

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, Fianna Fáil won exactly half the seats and formed the 7th Executive Council of the Irish Free State with support from the Labour Party. Fianna Fáil eventually won enough by-elections to govern without Labour Party support.

Changes in membership

First time TDs

* James Burke *

John A. Costello John Aloysius Costello (20 June 1891 – 5 January 1976) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1948 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957. He was leader of the opposition from 1951 to 1954 and from 1957 to 1959 and attorney gene ...

Patrick Daly Patrick Daly was an Irish politician, vintner and farmer. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency at the 1933 general election. He was elected as a Fine Gael TD for th ...

* Robert Davitt * Hugh Doherty *

Eamon Donnelly Eamon Donnelly (19 July 1877 – 29 December 1944) was an Irish politician. He was born in Middletown, County Armagh, the son of Francis Donnelly, a mason, and Catherine Donnelly (née Haggin). He was a member of the Irish Volunteers. Donnell ...

Séamus Keely Séamus P. Keely (28 December 1889 – 20 March 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway constituency at the 1933 general election. He unsuccessfully contes ...

* Patrick Kehoe * James McGuire *

James Morrisroe James Morrisroe (5 April 1875 – 31 December 1937) was an Irish politician from Charlestown, County Mayo. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo North constituency at the 1933 general election ...

Margaret Mary Pearse Margaret Mary Pearse (4 August 1878 – 7 November 1968) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and teacher. She was the sister of Patrick Pearse, Patrick and Willie Pearse, two of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. Early life Margaret Mary ...

Re-elected TDs

Martin McDonogh Martin McDonogh (1858 – 24 November 1934) was an Irish politician. Early life Born in Gorumna, Connemara, to Thomas McDonogh and Honoria Hernon, McDonogh was the second son of six children who survived to adulthood. He was a cousin of the wri ...

* Michael Óg McFadden * Patrick O'Dowd

Outgoing TDs

Eamonn Duggan Eamonn Seán Duggan (; 2 March 1878 – 6 June 1936) was an Irish lawyer and politician who served as Government Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence from 1927 to 1932, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for ...

(Retired) *

Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (18 August 1876 – 17 June 1945) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency from 1923 to 1933. Early life Margaret Mary Collins was born in Wo ...

(Defeated) * Francis Gormley (Defeated) *

Patrick Gorry Patrick Joseph Gorry (14 July 1896 – 23 October 1965) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A farmer, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Leix–Offaly constituency at the September 1927 general elec ...

(Defeated) *

Raphael Keyes Raphael Patrick Keyes was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was born in Cork, and was a cinema proprietor when elected to the Oireachtas. During the Irish War of Independence he was captain of the Bantry company of the fifth battalion of Iri ...

(Defeated) * John Kiersey (Defeated) * Joseph Mongan (Defeated) * Fred McDonogh (Defeated) * Eugene O'Brien (Defeated) * Patrick O'Hara (Retired) *

Martin Sexton Martin Sexton (born March 2, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. Early life Born in 1966, Sexton grew up in Syracuse, New York, the tenth of twelve children in a working class Irish-American family. He acquired his fir ...

(Defeated)

Notes

References

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