13th Dáil
TDs from 1948 to 1951
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The 13th Dáil was elected at the 1948 general election on 4 February 1948 and first met on 18 February 1948. The members of Dáil Éireann, the House of Representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 6th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||
| Term | 18 February 1948 – 2 May 1951 | ||||||||
| Election | 1948 general election | ||||||||
| Government | 5th government of Ireland | ||||||||
| Members | 147 | ||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | ||||||||
| Taoiseach | John A. Costello | ||||||||
| Tánaiste | William Norton | ||||||||
| Chief Whip | Liam Cosgrave | ||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Éamon de Valera | ||||||||
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The 13th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly on 7 May 1951, at the request of the Taoiseach John A. Costello. The 13th Dáil lasted 3 years, 78 days.
Composition of the 13th Dáil
- First Inter-Party Government (5th government) coalition parties[a]
| Party | Feb. 1948 | May 1951 | Change | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 68 | 66 |  2 | |
| Fine Gael | 31 | 30 | 1 | |
| Labour[b] | 14 | 19 |  5 | |
| Clann na Poblachta | 10 | 7 | 3 | |
| Clann na Talmhan | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| National Labour[b] | 5 | N/a | 5 | |
| Monetary Reform | 1 | 1 |  | |
| Independent[a] | 11 | 15 | 4 | |
| Ceann Comhairle | N/a | 1 | 1 | |
| Vacant | N/a | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 147 | |||
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 13th Dáil from February 1948. This was not the official seating plan.
Ceann Comhairle
On the meeting of the Dáil, Frank Fahy (FF) was proposed as Ceann Comhairle by Éamon de Valera (FF) and seconded by Richard Mulcahy (FG). His election was approved unanimously. This was the seventh successive Dáil in which Fahy served as Ceann Comhairle.[1]
TDs by constituency
The 147 TDs elected at the 1948 general election are listed by Dáil constituency.[2]