The 1933 Irish general election was held on Tuesday, 24 January. The newly elected

members of the 8th Dáil 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 house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. From 2 ...

assembled at

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on 8 February and President of the Executive Council and the 7th Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed.

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christia ...

retained power, though fell one seat short of an overall majority. The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the

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for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.

Result

Voting summary

Seats summary

Government formation

Excluding the Ceann Comhairle (speaker), Fianna Fáil won exactly half the seats and formed the 7th Executive Council of the Irish Free State with support from the Labour Party. Fianna Fáil eventually won enough by-elections to govern without Labour Party support.

First time TDs

* James Burke * John A. Costello *

Patrick Daly Patrick Daly was an Irish politician, vintner and farmer. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency at the 1933 general election. He was elected as a Fine Gael Fin ...

Robert Davitt Robert Emmet Davitt (12 December 1899 – 26 September 1981) was an Irish politician and medical practitioner. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath constituency at the 1933 general electio ...

* Hugh Doherty *

Eamon Donnelly Eamon Donnelly (19 July 1877 – 29 December 1944) was an Irish politician. He was born in Middletown, County Armagh, the son of Francis Donnelly, a mason, and Catherine Donnelly (née Haggin). He was a member of the Irish Volunteers. In 1921 ...

Séamus Keely Séamus P. Keely (28 December 1889 – 20 March 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway constituency at the 1933 general election. He unsuccessfully conte ...

Patrick Kehoe Patrick Kehoe was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A farmer, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency at the 1933 general election. He did not contest the 1937 general election. At th ...

* James McGuire *

James Morrisroe James Morrisroe (5 April 1875 – 31 December 1937) was an Irish politician from Charlestown, County Mayo. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''T ...

* Margaret Mary Pearse

Re-elected TDs

* Martin McDonogh * Michael Óg McFadden *

Patrick O'Dowd Patrick Joseph O'Dowd (1 March 1892 – 19 June 1968) was an Irish politician and medical practitioner. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon constituency at the June 1927 general electio ...

Outgoing TDs

Eamonn Duggan Eamonn Seán Duggan ( ga, Éamonn Ó Dúgáin; 2 March 1878 – 6 June 1936) was an Irish lawyer and politician who served as Government Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence from 1927 to 1932, Parliamentary Secre ...

(Retired) * Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (Lost seat) * Francis Gormley (Lost seat) *

Patrick Gorry Patrick Joseph Gorry (14 July 1896 – 23 October 1965) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A farmer, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Leix–Offaly constituency at the September 1927 gener ...

(Lost seat) *

Raphael Keyes Raphael Patrick Keyes was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was born in Cork, and was a cinema proprietor when elected to the Oireachtas. During the Irish War of Independence he was captain of the Bantry company of the fifth battalion of I ...

(Lost seat) *

John Kiersey John Kiersey (25 October 1875 – 18 March 1960) was an Irish politician and farmer. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford "Waterford remains the untaken city" , mapsize ...

(Lost seat) * Joseph Mongan (Lost seat) *

Fred McDonogh Frederick McDonogh (died 1 December 1955) was an Irish politician. A solicitor, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, ...

(Lost seat) * Eugene O'Brien (Lost seat) * Patrick O'Hara (Retired) *

Martin Sexton Martin Sexton Born March 2, 1966 is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. Early life Born in 1966, Sexton grew up in Syracuse, New York, the tenth of twelve children in a working class Irish-American family. He acquired his first ...

(Lost seat)

Notes

References

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