18th Dáil Éireann | |||||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||||
Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||||
Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||||
Term | 21 April 1965 – 21 May 1969 | ||||||||||
Election | 1965 general election | ||||||||||
Government | Government of the 18th Dáil | ||||||||||
Members | 144 | ||||||||||
Ceann Comhairle |
Cormac Breslin — Patrick Hogan until 14 November 1967 |
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Taoiseach |
Jack Lynch — Seán Lemass until 10 November 1966 |
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Tánaiste | Frank Aiken | ||||||||||
Chief Whip | Michael Carty | ||||||||||
Leader of the Opposition | Liam Cosgrave | ||||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||||
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1st | 21 April 1965 – 21 July 1965 |
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2nd | 20 October 1965 – 8 July 1966 |
3rd | 27 September 1966 – 26 July 1967 |
4th | 18 October 1967 – 11 July 1968 |
5th | 23 October 1968 – 21 May 1969 |
This is a list of members who were elected to the 18th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1965 general election on 7 April 1965 and met on 21 April 1965. The 18th Dáil was dissolved by President Éamon de Valera, at the request of the Taoiseach Jack Lynch on 22 May 1969. The 18th Dáil lasted 1,281 days, and saw a change of Taoiseach from Seán Lemass to Jack Lynch.
Government party denoted with bullet (•)
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 18th Dáil from April 1965.
The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.