- Members of the 20th Dáil
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18th Dáil (1965) 19th Dáil (1969) 20th Dáil (1973) 21st Dáil (1977) 22nd Dáil (1981) This is a list of the members who were elected to the 20th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1973 general election on 26 February 1973 and met on 4 March 1973. The 20th Dáil was dissolved by President Patrick Hillery, at the request of the Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave on 25 May 1977. The 20th Dáil lasted 1,569 days.
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Composition of the 20th Dáil
Party Feb. 1973 June 1977 Fianna Fáil 68 65 • Fine Gael 54 55 • Labour Party 19 20 Independents 2 3 Ceann Comhairle 1 1 Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 20th Dáil from March 1973.
- 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 Gain Loss Note 27 November 1973 Monaghan Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Brendan Toal (FG) wins the seat vacated by Erskine H.Childers (FF) on his election to the Presidency 13 November 1974 Cork North East Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Seán Brosnan (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Liam Ahern (FF) 4 March 1975 Galway North East Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Michael P. Kitt (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Michael F. Kitt (FF) 4 March 1975 Galway West Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of her father Johnny Geoghegan (FF) 12 November 1975 Mayo West Fine Gael Fine Gael Enda Kenny (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Henry Kenny (FG) 10 June 1976 Donegal North East Independent Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Paddy Keaveney (IFF) takes the seat vacated by the death of Liam Cunningham (FF) 10 June 1976 Dublin South West Labour Party Fianna Fáil Brendan Halligan (Lab) takes the seat vacated by the death of Noel Lemass, Jnr (FF) See also
- Government of the 20th Dáil
- Parliamentary Secretaries of the 20th Dáil
- Members of the 13th Seanad
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
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