17th Dáil
| 17th Dáil Éireann | |||||||||
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||
| Term | 11 October 1961 – 11 March 1965 | ||||||||
| Election | 1961 general election | ||||||||
| Government | Government of the 17th Dáil | ||||||||
| Members | 144 | ||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Patrick Hogan | ||||||||
| Taoiseach | Seán Lemass | ||||||||
| Tánaiste | Seán MacEntee | ||||||||
| Chief Whip | Joseph Brennan | ||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | James Dillon | ||||||||
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This is a list of members who were elected to the 17th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and met on 11 October 1961. The 17th Dáil was dissolved by President Éamon de Valera, at the request of the Taoiseach Seán Lemass on 18 March 1965. The 17th Dáil lasted 1,281 days.
Composition of the 17th Dáil
| Party | Oct. 1961 | April 1965 | |
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| style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |• | Fianna Fáil | 70 | 71 |
| style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael | 47 | 48 |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party | 15 | 17 |
| style="background-color: Template:Clann na Talmhan/meta/color" | | Clann na Talmhan | 2 | 1 |
| style="background-color: Template:National Progressive Democrats/meta/color" | | National Progressive Democrats | 2 | 0 |
| style="background-color: Template:Clann na Poblachta/meta/color" | | Clann na Poblachta | 1 | 1 |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | | Independent | 6 | 5 |
| style="background-color: Template:Ceann Comhairle/meta/color" | | Ceann Comhairle | 1 | 1 |
Government party denoted with bullet (•)
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 17th Dáil from October 1961.
- Note that this was not the official seating plan.
TDs by constituency
The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
Changes
| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
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| 30 May 1963 | Dublin North-East | Fine Gael | Fine Gael | Paddy Belton (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of his brother Jack Belton (FG) | ||
| 27 October 1963 | Dublin South-East | National Progressive Democrats | Labour | Noël Browne (NPD) disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party | ||
| 27 October 1963 | Roscommon | National Progressive Democrats | Labour | Jack McQuillan (NPD) disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party | ||
| 27 October 1963 | Dublin County | Independent | Labour | Seán Dunne (Ind) joins the Labour Party | ||
| 19 February 1964 | Cork Borough | Fianna Fáil | Fianna Fáil | Sheila Galvin (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of her husband John Galvin (FF) | ||
| 19 February 1964 | Kildare | Labour | Fianna Fáil | Terence Boylan (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of William Norton (Lab) | ||
| 8 July 1964 | Roscommon | Fine Gael | Fine Gael | Joan Burke (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of her husband James Burke (FG) | ||
| 3 December 1964 | Galway East | Clann na Talmhan | Fine Gael | John Donnellan (FG) wins the seat vacated by the death of his father Michael Donnellan (CnaT) | ||
| 10 March 1965 | Cork Mid | Labour | Labour | Eileen Desmond (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of her husband Dan Desmond (Lab)
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