The Government of the 5th Dáil or the 3rd Executive Council (23 June 1927 – 11 October 1927) was formed after the June 1927 general election held on 9 June 1927. It was led by

W. T. Cosgrave William Thomas Cosgrave (5 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, leader of the Opposition in both the Free State and Ir ...

, leader of

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty G ...

, as President of the Executive Council, who had led the government since August 1922. The 3rd Executive Council lasted days.

3rd Executive Council of the Irish Free State

Nomination of President of the Executive Council

The

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first met on 23 June 1927. In the debate on the nomination of the President of the Executive Council,

leader and outgoing President W. T. Cosgrave was proposed, and this resolution was carried with 68 votes in favour and 22 against. Cosgrave was then appointed as President of the Executive Council by

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Tim Healy.

Members of the Executive Council

The members of the Executive Council were nominated by the President and approved by the Dáil by a vote of 66 to 31. They were then appointed by the Governor General.

Parliamentary Secretaries

The Executive Council appointed Parliamentary Secretaries on the nomination of the President. The first three were appointed on 24 June 1927.

Actions of the government

After the assassination of

Kevin O'Higgins Kevin Christopher O'Higgins ( ga, Caoimhghín Críostóir Ó hUigín; 7 June 1892 – 10 July 1927) was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Justice from 1922 to 1927, Minister for External ...

on 10 July 1927, the Executive Council proposed the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill. This legislation provided for the disqualification for five years of any member of the Oireachtas who did not take the

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prescribed in Article 17 of the

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led by

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took the oath and entered the Dáil for the first time since the 1922 general election.

Confidence in the government

On 16 August, Labour Party leader Thomas Johnson proposed a

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in the Executive Council. The motion was defeated, but only on the

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of the

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Michael Hayes, giving a final vote of 71 votes to 72. On 24 August, Cumann na nGaedheal won two by-elections, and sought to capitalise on this success by calling a new general election seeking an increased mandated. The president sought a dissolution of the Dáil and a new election was held in September 1927.

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