The 5th Dáil was elected at the June 1927 general election on 9 June 1927 and met on 23 June 1927. The members of Dáil Éireann, the Chamber of Deputies of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. It was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1925 Seanad. The 5th Dáil was dissolved on 25 August 1927 by Governor-General Tim Healy, at the advice of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 5th Dáil is the shortest Dáil in the history of the state, lasting only days.
Composition of the 5th Dáil
- 3rd Executive Council
- Providing confidence and supply
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!colspan=2|Party
!June 1927
!Aug. 1927
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|style="background-color:#DAEFF2" | Cumann na nGaedheal
|style="background-color:#DAEFF2" align="center"| 47
|style="background-color:#DAEFF2" align="center"| 47
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|align="center"| 44
|align="center"| 43
|align="center"| 1
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|Labour
|align="center"| 22
|align="center"| 22
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|style="background-color:#F7F4DE" | Farmers' Party
|style="background-color:#F7F4DE" align="center"| 11
|style="background-color:#F7F4DE" align="center"| 11
|style="background-color:#F7F4DE" align="center"|
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|align="center"| 8
|align="center"| 6
|align="center"| 2
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|align="center"| 5
|align="center"| 5
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|align="center"| 16
|align="center"| 18
|align="center"| 2
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|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 1
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! colspan="2" |Total
! colspan="3" align="center" | 153
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The 3rd executive council was formed by Cumann na nGaedheal with support from the Farmers' Party.
In line with its policy of abstentionism, the Sinn Féin TDs did not take their seats. Fianna Fáil also had a policy of abstentionism and their TDs did not take their seats when the Dáil met, but in August 1927, they abandoned the policy, signing the Oath of Allegiance, and took their seats, leading the executive council to lose its functional majority. Labour led the opposition until Fianna Fáil took their seats.
Ceann Comhairle
On 23 June 1927, Michael Hayes (CnaG), who had been Ceann Comhairle since September 1922, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG) and seconded by Thomas Johnson (Lab) for the position, and was approved without a vote. On 1 July 1927, James Dolan (CnaG) was proposed by Eamonn Duggan (CnaG) as Leas-Cheann Comhairle. He was approved by a vote of 54 to 20.
TDs by constituency
The list of the 153 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Changes
The Dáil was dissolved on 25 August 1927, with O'Sullivan and Hennessy not taking their seats in the 5th Dáil.
After the dissolution of the Dáil, Independent TDs Bryan Cooper (Dublin County), John Daly (Cork East), Myles Keogh (Dublin South) and Vincent Rice (Dublin South) joined Cumann na nGaedheal, standing for the party in the September general election.