The 1933 Irish general election was held on Tuesday, 24 January. The newly elected members of the 8th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 8 February and President of the Executive Council and the 7th Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. Fianna Fáil retained power, though fell one seat short of an overall majority. The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Irish Free State for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament,

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 r ...

Result

Voting summary

Seats summary

Government formation

Excluding the Ceann Comhairle (speaker), 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.

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, Leader of the Opposition from 1951 to 1954 and from 1957 to 1959, and Attorney General of ...

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 * Séamus Keely * Patrick Kehoe * James McGuire * James Morrisroe *

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 and Willie Pearse, two of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. Early life Margaret Mary Pearse was born ...

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 Michael Óg McFadden (1885 – 27 August 1958) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. A merchant and auctioneer, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency at the June 1927 general el ...

* Patrick O'Dowd

Outgoing TDs

* Eamonn Duggan (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 Wood ...

(Lost seat) *

Francis Gormley Francis Gormley (1899 – 20 December 1974) was an Irish politician and soldier. Gormley was born at Esker, Killoe, County Longford in 1899. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmea ...

(Lost seat) * Patrick Gorry (Lost seat) * Raphael Keyes (Lost seat) * John Kiersey (Lost seat) * Joseph Mongan (Lost seat) * Fred McDonogh (Lost seat) * Eugene O'Brien (Lost seat) *

Patrick O'Hara Patrick O'Hara was an Irish politician, general merchant and farmer. He stood as an National League Party candidate at the June 1927 general election but was not elected. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála ...

(Retired) * Martin Sexton (Lost seat)

Notes

References

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