17th Dáil
Template:Short description Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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. It sat with the 10th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 18 March 1965 President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The 17th Dáil lasted Template:Age in years and days.
Composition of the 17th Dáil
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Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet (Template:Colorbull), 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.
Ceann Comhairle
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]
TDs by constituency
The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]
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Changes
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Notes
References
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External links
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