Members_of_the_17th_Dáil
17th Dáil
TDs from 1961 to 1965
The 17th Dáil was elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and met on 11 October 1961. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. On 18 March 1965 President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The 17th Dáil lasted 1,255 days.
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||
| Term | 11 October 1961 – 11 March 1965 | ||||||||
| Election | 1961 general election | ||||||||
| Government | 10th government of Ireland | ||||||||
| Members | 144 | ||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Patrick Hogan | ||||||||
| Taoiseach | Seán Lemass | ||||||||
| Tánaiste | Seán MacEntee | ||||||||
| Chief Whip | Joseph Brennan | ||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | James Dillon | ||||||||
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| Party | Oct. 1961 | March 1965 | |
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| ● | Fianna Fáil | 70 | 71 |
| Fine Gael | 47 | 48 | |
| Labour | 16 | 17 | |
| Clann na Talmhan | 2 | 1 | |
| National Progressive Democrats | 2 | — | |
| Clann na Poblachta | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 6 | 5 | |
| Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet (●), formed the 10th government of Ireland led by Seán Lemass as Taoiseach.
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 17th Dáil from October 1961. This was not the official seating plan.
On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1951, was proposed by Seán Lemass (FF) and seconded by James Dillon (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.[1]
The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]
| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
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| 11 October 1961 | Clare | Labour | Ceann Comhairle | Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1] | ||
| 23 February 1963 | Dublin North-East | Fine Gael | Death of Jack Belton | |||
| 30 May 1963 | Dublin North-East | Fine Gael | Paddy Belton holds seat vacated by the death of his brother Jack Belton | |||
| 11 October 1963 | Cork Borough | Fianna Fáil | Death of John Galvin | |||
| 13 November 1963 | Dublin County | Independent | Labour | Seán Dunne joins the Labour Party[3] | ||
| 27 November 1963 | Dublin South-East | National Progressive Democrats | Labour | Noël Browne disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party[4] | ||
| 27 November 1963 | Roscommon | National Progressive Democrats | Labour | Jack McQuillan disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party[4] | ||
| 4 December 1963 | Kildare | Labour | Death of William Norton | |||
| 19 February 1964 | Cork Borough | Fianna Fáil | Sheila Galvin holds seat vacated by the death of her husband John Galvin | |||
| 19 February 1964 | Kildare | Fianna Fáil | Terence Boylan gains seat vacated by the death of Norton | |||
| 12 May 1964 | Roscommon | Fine Gael | Death of James Burke | |||
| 8 July 1964 | Roscommon | Fine Gael | Joan Burke holds seat vacated by the death of her husband James Burke | |||
| 27 September 1964 | Galway East | Clann na Talmhan | Death of Michael Donnellan | |||
| 3 December 1964 | Galway East | Fine Gael | John Donnellan gains seat vacated by the death of his father Michael Donnellan | |||
| 9 December 1964 | Cork Mid | Labour | Death of Dan Desmond | |||
| 10 March 1965 | Cork Mid | Labour | Eileen Desmond holds seat vacated by the death of her husband Dan Desmond[lower-alpha 1] | |||
- On the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass, the 17th Dáil was dissolved on 18 March 1965 before Desmond could assume her seat.[5]
- "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (17th Dáil) – Vol. 192 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 October 1961. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- "TDs & Senators (17th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- "T.D. rejoins Labour Party". The Irish Times. 14 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- "Browne and McQuillan join Labour Party". The Irish Times. 28 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- Maume, Patrick. "Desmond, Eileen". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 9 January 2023.