Government of the 3rd Dáil

Government of the 3rd Dáil 2nd Provisional Government
Date formed	30 August 1922
Date dissolved	6 December 1922
People and organisations
Head of government	W. T. Cosgrave
Head of state	George V
Total number of ministers	11
Member parties	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Status in legislature	Minority Government
History
Election(s)	1922 general election
Legislature term(s)	3rd Dáil
Predecessor	1st Provisional Government
Successor	1st Executive Council

Government of the 3rd Dáil
1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State
Date formed	6 December 1922
Date dissolved	19 September 1923
People and organisations
Head of government	W. T. Cosgrave
Deputy head of government	Kevin O'Higgins
Head of state	George V
Total number of ministers	10 (inc. 3 non-members of the Executive Council)
Member parties	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) (Dec. 1922 – April 1923) Cumann na nGaedheal (April–Sep. 1923)
Status in legislature	Minority Government
Opposition leader	Thomas Johnson (Labour Party)
History
Legislature term(s)	3rd Dáil
Predecessor	2nd Provisional Government
Successor	2nd Executive Council

The 3rd Dáil was elected at the 1922 general election on 16 June 1922 and lasted 437 days.

The 2nd Provisional Government (30 August 1922 – 6 December 1922) was formed by Pro-Treaty faction of Sinn Féin. It came to office following the election of the Third Dáil on 16 June 1922. The cabinet came to an end when it was superseded by a new cabinet, the 1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

Its formation brought to an end the anomalous system of dual administration that had existed since January, of government under two cabinets simultaneously, the 4th Ministry under Arthur Griffith, and the 1st Provisional Government under Michael Collins. Following the death of Collins and Griffith in August 1922, W. T. Cosgrave decided to merge the two administrations, with himself as head of both. The new cabinet was therefore both the 2nd Provisional Government and the 5th Ministry, while Cosgrave was officially both Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State and President of the Republic. Both cabinets were finally, formally abolished when the new Constitution of the Irish Free State came into force in December.

The 1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State (6 December 1922 – 19 September 1923) was formed by Pro-Treaty faction of Sinn Féin, which later became the Cumann na nGaedheal party. The Constitution of the Irish Free State came into force in December 1922 and under its terms the Second Provisional Government was replaced by the Executive Council.

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