Members of the 3rd Dáil
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||
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| Term | 9 September 1922 – 9 August 1923 | ||||
| Election | 1922 general election | ||||
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| Members | 128 | ||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Michael Hayes | ||||
| President of Dáil Éireann | W. T. Cosgrave until 6 December 1922 | ||||
| Chairman of the Provisional Government | W. T. Cosgrave until 6 December 1922 | ||||
| President of the Executive Council | W. T. Cosgrave from 6 December 1922 | ||||
| Vice-President of the Executive Council | Kevin O'Higgins from 6 December 1922 | ||||
| Chief Whip | Daniel McCarthy from 6 December 1922 | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Thomas Johnson from 6 December 1922 | ||||
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The 3rd Dáil was elected at the 1922 general election on 16 June and met on 9 September. On its formation, it was a Constituent Assembly in a Provisional Parliament. From 6 December 1922, Dáil Éireann was one of two houses of the Oireachtas in the Irish Free State, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1922 Seanad. Members of the Dáil are known as TDs. The 3rd Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 9 August 1923, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 3rd Dáil lasted 334 days.