User:Jnestorius/Elections in the Republic of Ireland
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- ^ See table for the government title corresponding to each abbreviation.
- ^ See table for the title of the head of government.
- ^ Coalition government parties are listed in descending order of number of Dáil seats (and government members)
- ^ Territorial constituencies only; in those the results were declared on 28 Dec, to allow time for votes by members of the British Armed Forces to be sent to the returning officers. The university constituencies voted as follows: University of Dublin polling 16–20 Dec, declaration 21 Dec; National University of Ireland polling 18–22 Dec, declaration 23 Dec and Queen's University of Belfast polling 16–20 Dec, declaration 20 Dec.
- ^ Dissolution of the 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom, convened after the December 1910 election
- ^ a b De Valera (2nd) replaced Brugha (1st) on 1 April 1919.
- ^ Last meeting of the First Dáil. A resolution passed at that meeting provided for the First Dáil to be dissolved on the assembling of the Second Dáil.
- ^ except National University of Ireland whose nominations closed on 14 May 1921
- ^ De Valera resigned on 7 January 1922 after losing the Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote. Griffith's pro-Treaty ministry was formed on 10 January.
- ^ The polling days for National University of Ireland were 12–15 Jun 1922, with the declaration being made on 16 Jun 1922.
- ^ Last meeting of the Second Dáil before the election. A meeting scheduled for 30 Jun 1922 was preempted by the outbreak of the Civil War. The Second Dáil was never formally dissolved and Irish republican legitimists have regarded it as de jure continuing while the Third Dáil was illegitimate.
- ^ Except Dublin University whose nominations closed on 8 Jun 1922
- ^ Originally to have been 1 Jul 1922. The Dáil was prorogued on five occasions and eventually met on 9 Sep 1922.
- ^ a b The 1st Provisional Government with Michael Collins as chairman was formed on 14 January 1922, without reference to the then Second Dáil. Collins was killed on 22 August 1922 and Cosgrave's Provisional Government formed on 30 August, after the June election to the Third Dáil but before its first meeting in September.
- ^ On 6 December 1922, the Free State constitution came into force, with the provisional government and its chairman becoming the executive council and its president.
- ^ Cumann na nGaedheal was founded in early 1923, before which Cosgrave's pro-Treaty government was not affiliated to any party, Sinn Féin having ceased to function.
- ^ A constitution came into force on 29th December 1937, with the former Free State's final executive council and president becoming the first government of Ireland and Taoiseach.
- ^ Exceptionally, because of the state of emergency arising from the Second World War, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until after the election, although it did not meet after 26 May.[1]
- ^ a b De Valera's 8th government was replaced by Lemass's 9th in 1959.
- ^ a b Lemass's 11th government was replaced by Lynch's 12th in 1966.
- ^ a b In 1979 Haughey (16th) replaced Lynch (15th)
- ^ a b On 11 February 1992 Reynolds (22nd) replaces Haughey (21st)
- ^ On 15 December 1994 the 24th government replaced the 23rd. Whereas other Dáil terms saw one Taoiseach replace another from the same part, this has been the only occasion on which the government and opposition parties alternated without a general election.
- ^ On 7 May 2008 Cowen (28th) replaced Ahern (27th)
- ^ The Progressive Democrats were dissolved in 2009 and their ministers and other TDs sat as independents thereafter.
- ^ a b On 14 Jun 2017 Varadkar (31st) replaced Kenny (30th).
Dates | Abbr | Title of government | Head of government |
---|---|---|---|
1919–22 | DM | Dáil Ministry | President of Dáil Éireann |
1922 | PG | Provisional Government | Chairman of the Provisional Government |
1922–37 | EC | Executive Council of the Irish Free State | President of the Executive Council |
1937– | GI | Government of Ireland | Taoiseach |
References
[edit]- ^ de Valera, Éamon (26 May 1943). "The General Election: Announcement by Taoiseach". pp. Vol.90 No.5 p.19 c.562. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
the Dáil will rise to–day. ... It is my intention to advise the President so that on the 31st May he may issue his direction for the holding of a general election. His proclamation may be issued on the 31st May. ... the 22nd June [sic] will be the polling day and then the outgoing Dáil, the present Dáil, would have to be dissolved not later than 8th July. The House is aware that it will be dissolved as soon as the Clerk of the Dáil is able to inform us that he has got returns for all the writs.