# 7th Dáil

The 7th Dáil was elected at the 1932 general election on 16 February 1932 and met on 9 March 1932. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. It was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1931 Seanad. The 7th Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Domhnall Ua Buachalla, at the request of the President of the Executive Council Éamon de Valera on 2 January 1933. The 7th Dáil lasted 299 days. There were no by-elections during the 7th Dáil.

## Composition of the 7th Dáil

| Party | Party | Feb. 1932 | Jan. 1933 |
| ● | Fianna Fáil | 72 | 70 |
| | Cumann na nGaedheal | 57 | 54 |
| | Labour | 7 | 7 |
| | Farmers' Party | 3 | 3 |
| | Independent | 14 | 14 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |
| | Vacant | — | 4 |
Government party denoted with bullet (●)

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 7th Dáil from March 1932. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 9 March 1932, Frank Fahy (FF) was proposed by Gerald Boland and seconded by Donnchadh O hAllamhain for the position of Ceann Comhairle. Michael Hayes (CnaG), who had been Ceann Comhairle since 1922, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Ernest Blythe for the position. Fahy was elected by a vote of 78 to 71.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 7th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Desmond FitzGerald | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Seán Gibbons | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Denis Gorey | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Francis Humphreys | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Thomas Derrig | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan | John O'Hanlon | Independent |
| Cavan | John Joe O'Reilly | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cavan | Michael Sheridan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan | Paddy Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Patrick Burke | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Clare | Éamon de Valera | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Patrick Hogan | Labour |
| Clare | Seán O'Grady | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Martin Sexton | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | Richard Anthony | Independent |
| Cork Borough | W. T. Cosgrave | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork Borough | William Desmond | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork Borough | Thomas Dowdall | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | Hugo Flinn | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | Brook Brasier | Independent |
| Cork East | William Broderick | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork East | Martin Corry | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | John Daly | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork East | Patrick Murphy | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North | Seán Moylan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North | Daniel O'Leary | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork North | Daniel Vaughan | Farmers' Party |
| Cork West | Raphael Keyes | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork West | Timothy J. Murphy | Labour |
| Cork West | Timothy O'Donovan | Farmers' Party |
| Cork West | Eamonn O'Neill | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork West | Jasper Wolfe | Independent |
| Donegal | Neal Blaney | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal | Brian Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal | Frank Carney | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal | James Dillon | Independent |
| Donegal | Eugene Doherty | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | Daniel McMenamin | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | James Myles | Independent |
| Donegal | John White | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Cormac Breathnach | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North | Alfie Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North | John Byrne | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Eamonn Cooney | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North | Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Richard Mulcahy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Seán T. O'Kelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North | Oscar Traynor | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | James Beckett | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Robert Briscoe | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Peadar Doyle | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Thomas Hennessy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Myles Keogh | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Seán Lemass | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | James Lynch | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Seán Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Patrick Curran | Labour |
| Dublin County | Henry Dockrell | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin County | Thomas Finlay | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin County | John Good | Independent |
| Dublin County | Seán MacEntee | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Batt O'Connor | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin County | Gearóid O'Sullivan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin University | Ernest Alton | Independent |
| Dublin University | James Craig | Independent |
| Dublin University | William Thrift | Independent |
| Galway | Gerald Bartley | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway | Patrick Beegan | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway | Seán Broderick | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Galway | Frank Fahy | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway | Patrick Hogan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Galway | Stephen Jordan | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway | Fred McDonogh | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Galway | Joseph Mongan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Galway | Thomas Powell | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | Frederick Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | John Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | Eamon Kissane | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | Fionán Lynch | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kerry | Tom McEllistrim | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | Thomas O'Reilly | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | John O'Sullivan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kildare | Thomas Harris | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Sydney Minch | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kildare | William Norton | Labour |
| Leitrim–Sligo | William Browne | Fianna Fáil |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Frank Carty | Fianna Fáil |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Stephen Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Leitrim–Sligo | John Hennigan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Bernard Maguire | Fianna Fáil |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Martin Roddy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Mary Reynolds | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | William Davin | Labour |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Gorry | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | Eugene O'Brien | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leix–Offaly | Thomas F. O'Higgins | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Limerick | George C. Bennett | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Limerick | Daniel Bourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | James Colbert | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | Tadhg Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | John O'Shaughnessy | Farmers' Party |
| Limerick | James Reidy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Limerick | Robert Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | James Geoghegan | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Francis Gormley | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Michael Kennedy | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Seán Mac Eoin | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Longford–Westmeath | Patrick Shaw | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Louth | Frank Aiken | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | James Coburn | Independent |
| Louth | James Murphy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo North | Micheál Clery | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo North | Michael Davis | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo North | Patrick O'Hara | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo North | P. J. Ruttledge | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | James FitzGerald-Kenney | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo South | Michael Kilroy | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Edward Moane | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Martin Nally | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo South | Richard Walsh | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Eamonn Duggan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Meath | James Kelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Matthew O'Reilly | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | Ernest Blythe | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Monaghan | Eamon Rice | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | Conn Ward | Fianna Fáil |
| National University | Michael Hayes | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| National University | Conor Maguire | Fianna Fáil |
| National University | Patrick McGilligan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Roscommon | Gerald Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Martin Conlon | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Roscommon | Frank MacDermot | Independent |
| Roscommon | Daniel O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Dan Breen | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Séamus Burke | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Tipperary | Andrew Fogarty | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | John Hassett | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Tipperary | Seán Hayes | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Daniel Morrissey | Independent |
| Tipperary | Timothy Sheehy | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Seán Goulding | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | John Kiersey | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Waterford | Patrick Little | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | William Redmond | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Wexford | Denis Allen | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Richard Corish | Labour |
| Wexford | Osmond Esmonde | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Wexford | John Keating | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Wexford | James Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | James Everett | Labour |
| Wicklow | Séamus Moore | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Dermot O'Mahony | Cumann na nGaedheal |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 9 March 1932 | Galway | Fianna Fáil | Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 27 February 1932 | Cork East | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Death of John Daly |
| 17 April 1932 | Waterford | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Death of William Redmond |
| 19 October 1932 | Donegal | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Frank Carney |
| 22 November 1932 | Dublin County | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Death of Thomas Finlay |