Jurisdiction Ireland Election 1957 general election | Meeting place Leinster House Members 147 | |
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Term 20 March 1957 – 1 September 1961 Government Government of the 16th Dáil | ||
This is a list of members who were elected to the 16th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1957 general election on 5 March 1957 and met on 20 March 1957. The 16th Dáil was dissolved by President Éamon de Valera, at the request of the Taoiseach Seán Lemass on 8 September 1961. The 16th Dáil lasted 1,674 days, and saw a change of Taoiseach from Éamon de Valera to Seán Lemass.
Contents
Composition of the 16th Dáil
Government party denoted with bullet (•)
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 16th Dáil from March 1957.
TDs by constituency
The list of the 147 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
References
Members of the 16th Dáil Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA