19th Dáil

19th Dáil
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Overview
Legislative body	Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	2 July 1969 – 5 February 1973
Election	1969 general election
Government	13th government of Ireland
Members	144
Ceann Comhairle	Cormac Breslin
Taoiseach	Jack Lynch
Tánaiste	Erskine H. Childers
Chief Whip	David Andrews — Desmond O'Malley until 7 May 1970
Leader of the Opposition	Liam Cosgrave
Sessions
1st 2 July 1969 – 23 July 1969 2nd 22 October 1969 – 30 July 1970 3rd 28 October 1970 – 6 August 1971 4th 20 October 1971 – 14 July 1972 5th 25 October 1972 – 14 December 1972

The 19th Dáil was elected at the 1969 general election on 18 June 1969 and met on 2 July 1969. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 12th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

On 5 February 1973, President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Jack Lynch. The 19th Dáil lasted 3 years, 218 days.

Composition of the 19th Dáil

•   13th government

Party		June 1969	Feb. 1973	Change
	Fianna Fáil	75	70	5
	Fine Gael	50	50
	Labour	18	17	1
	Aontacht Éireann	—N/a	1	1
	Independent	1	3	2
	Ceann Comhairle	—N/a	1	1
	Vacant	—N/a	2	2
Total		144

Fianna Fáil formed the 13th government of Ireland led by Jack Lynch as Taoiseach.

Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, Cormac Breslin (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle from November 1967, was proposed by Jack Lynch (FF) and seconded by Liam Cosgrave (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.^[1]

TDs by constituency

The list of the 144 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.^[2]

Changes

References

External links

• Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 19th Dáil