The 8th Dáil was elected at the 1933 general election on 24 January 1933 and met on 8 February 1933. The members of Dáil Éireann, the Chamber of Deputies of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. Initially, it was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1931 Seanad and the 1934 Seanad. From 29 May 1936, it was the sole house of the Oireachtas, after the disbandment of Seanad Éireann under the Constitution (Amendment No. 24) Act 1936. From 11 December 1936, it had the sole legislative functions in the State, after the role of the king (represented by the Governor-General) was removed for domestic purposes under the Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936. On 14 June 1937, the 8th Dáil approved the draft text of the Constitution of Ireland.
The 8th Dáil was dissolved by the Ceann Comhairle Frank Fahy on 14 June 1937 on the direction of the Executive Council. The 8th Dáil lasted . The draft text of the Constitution of Ireland was approved in a plebiscite on 1 July, the same date as the 1937 general election.
Composition of the 8th Dáil
- 7th Executive Council
- Providing confidence and supply
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!colspan=2|Party
!Jan. 1933
!June 1937
!class"unsortable"|Change
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|style="background-color:#DAEFF2" | Fianna Fáil
|style="background-color:#DAEFF2" align="center"| 77
|style="background-color:#DAEFF2" align="center"| 77
|style="background-color:#DAEFF2" align="center"|
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|align="center"| 48
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|align="center"| 48
|-
|
|align="center"| 11
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|align="center"| 11
|-
| style="background-color: " |
|style="background-color:#F7F4DE" | Labour
|style="background-color:#F7F4DE" align="center"| 8
|style="background-color:#F7F4DE" align="center"| 8
|style="background-color:#F7F4DE" align="center"|
|-
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|align="center"| 53
|align="center"| 53
|-
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|align="center"| 9
|align="center"| 11
|align="center"| 2
|-
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|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| 3
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! colspan="2" |Total
! colspan="3" align="center" | 153
|}
Fianna Fáil formed the 7th executive council of the Irish Free State, a minority government dependent on the support of the Labour Party.
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 8th Dáil from February 1933. This was not the official seating plan.
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Ceann Comhairle
On 8 February 1933, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle in the previous Dáil, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by William Norton for the position, and was elected without a vote.
TDs by constituency
The 153 TDs elected at the 1933 general election are listed by Dáil constituency.