14th Dáil

14th Dáil
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Overview
Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
JurisdictionIreland
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term13 June 1951 – 24 April 1954
Election1951 general election
Government6th government of Ireland
Members147
Ceann ComhairlePatrick Hogan
TaoiseachÉamon de Valera
TánaisteSeán Lemass
Chief WhipDonnchadh Ó Briain
Leader of the OppositionJohn A. Costello
Sessions
1st13 June 1951 – 19 July 1951
2nd31 October 1951 – 24 July 1952
3rd22 October 1952 – 5 August 1953
4th20 October 1953 – 23 April 1954

The 14th Dáil was elected at the 1951 general election on 30 May 1951 and met on 13 June 1951. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 7th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

On 24 April 1954, President Seán T. O'Kelly dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 14th Dáil lasted 2 years, 315 days.