10th Dáil
TDs from 1938 to 1943
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The 10th Dáil was elected at the 1938 general election on 17 June 1938 and first met on 30 June 1938. The members of Dáil Éireann, the House of Representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 3rd Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
26 June 1943
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||||||
| Term | 30 June 1938 – 26 June 1943 | ||||||||||||
| Election | 1938 general election | ||||||||||||
| Government | 2nd government of Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Members | 138 | ||||||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | ||||||||||||
| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera | ||||||||||||
| Tánaiste | Seán T. O'Kelly | ||||||||||||
| Chief Whip | Paddy Smith — Patrick Little until 26 September 1939 | ||||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | W. T. Cosgrave | ||||||||||||
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The 10th Dáil is the longest serving Dáil, lasting 4 years, 361 days. The Dáil adjourned on 26 May 1943 and on 31 May President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 17 June at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until 26 June, after the election.[1] Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943.[2][3] The act, which would have been unconstitutional under Article 16.3.2° if not for the state of emergency in effect under Article 28.3.3° during World War II, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence.[3]
Composition of the 10th Dáil
| Party | June 1938 | June 1943 | Change | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 77 | 72 |  5 | |
| Fine Gael | 45 | 41 | 4 | |
| Labour | 9 | 9 |  | |
| Independent | 7 | 8 |  1 | |
| Ceann Comhairle | N/a | 1 | 1 | |
| Vacant | N/a | 7 | 7 | |
| Total | 138 | |||
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 10th Dáil from June 1938. This was not the official seating plan.
Ceann Comhairle
On 30 June 1938, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Donnchadh Ó Briain for the position, and was elected without a vote.[4]
TDs by constituency
The 138 TDs elected at the 1938 general election are listed by Dáil constituency.[5]
Changes
Due to difficulties holding by-elections during the Emergency, no further by-elections were held to fill vacancies after the 1940 Galway West by-election.