17th Dáil Éireann | |||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||
Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||
Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||
Term | 11 October 1961 – 11 March 1965 | ||||||||
Election | 1961 general election | ||||||||
Government | Government of the 17th Dáil | ||||||||
Members | 144 | ||||||||
Ceann Comhairle | Patrick Hogan | ||||||||
Taoiseach | Seán Lemass | ||||||||
Tánaiste | Seán MacEntee | ||||||||
Chief Whip | Joseph Brennan | ||||||||
Leader of the Opposition | James Dillon | ||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||
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1st | 11 October 1961 – 26 July 1962 |
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2nd | 30 October 1962 – 19 July 1963 |
3rd | 23 October 1963 – 1 July 1964 |
4th | 3 November 1964 – 11 March 1965 |
This is a list of members who were elected to the 17th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and met on 11 October 1961. The 17th Dáil was dissolved by President Éamon de Valera, at the request of the Taoiseach Seán Lemass on 18 March 1965. The 17th Dáil lasted 1,281 days.
Government party denoted with bullet (•)
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 17th Dáil from October 1961.
The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.