9th Dáil
| 9th Dáil | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||
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| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||
| Term | 21 July 1937 – 27 May 1938 | ||||
| Election | 1937 general election | ||||
| Government |
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| Members | 138 | ||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | ||||
| President of the Executive Council | Éamon de Valera until 29 December 1937 | ||||
| Vice-President of the Executive Council | Seán T. O'Kelly until 29 December 1937 | ||||
| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera from 29 December 1937 | ||||
| Tánaiste | Seán T. O'Kelly from 29 December 1937 | ||||
| Chief Whip | Patrick Little | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | W. T. Cosgrave | ||||
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The 9th Dáil was elected at the 1937 general election on 1 July 1937 and met on 21 July 1937. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. Seanad Éireann, a second chamber in the Irish Free State, had been abolished in May 1936.
On 29 December 1937, the Constitution of Ireland came into effect, with the state being renamed as Ireland. The Oireachtas established under this constitution was bicameral, and an indirect election to the new Seanad Éireann took place in April 1938, forming the 2nd Seanad.
The 9th Dáil was dissolved on 27 May 1938. The 9th Dáil lasted 310 days. There were no by-elections during the 9th Dáil.