Dáil Éireann
edit- Leaders who later became Taoiseach are indicated in bold.
Leader of the Oppositionedit | |||||||||
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Party | Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Taoiseach[nb 1] | Dáil (elected) | ||
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1 | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare TD for Down |
10 December 1922 |
9 September 1922 |
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
Arthur Griffith[nb 2] | 2 (1921) | |||
Michael Collins[nb 2] | |||||||||
W. T. Cosgrave | |||||||||
2 | Thomas Johnson (1872–1963) TD for Dublin County |
9 September 1922 |
19 September 1923 |
Labour Party | 3 (1922) | ||||
3 | Denis Gorey[nb 3] (1874–1940) TD for Carlow–Kilkenny |
19 September 1923 |
May 1927 |
Farmers' Party | 4 (1923) | ||||
(2) | Thomas Johnson[nb 3] (1872–1963) TD for Dublin County |
23 February 1926 |
12 August 1927 |
Labour Party | |||||
5 (Jun. 1927) | |||||||||
(1) | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare |
12 August 1927 |
9 March 1932 |
Fianna Fáil | Seán T. O'Kelly | ||||
6 (Sep. 1927) |
Leaders of minor opposition parties
edit- Leaders who later became Tánaiste are indicated in bold.
- Parties with no official leaders are indicated in italics.
Dáil (elected) |
Notes | Second Opposition | Third Opposition | Fourth Opposition | Other party leaders | ||||||
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3 (1922) | Denis Gorey (1874–1940) TD for Carlow–Kilkenny (Farmers' Party) |
Michael Hennessy[nb 4] TD for Cork East and North–East (Businessmen's Party) |
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4 (1923) | Thomas Johnson (1872–1963) TD for Dublin County (Labour Party) |
No leader (Businessmen's Party) |
From September 1926: William Redmond TD for Waterford (National League Party) | ||||||||
[nb 5] | William Magennis (1867–1946) TD for National University (Clann Éireann) |
No leader (Businessmen's Party) | |||||||||
[nb 3] | |||||||||||
Patrick Baxter (1891–1959) TD for Cavan (Farmers' Party) | |||||||||||
Michael Heffernan (1885–1970) TD for Tipperary (Farmers' Party) |
Leaders of abstentionist parties
edit- Unofficial party leaders are indicated in italics.
Dáil (elected) |
Notes | Largest Abstention Party | 2nd Largest Abstention Party | 3rd Largest Abstention Party | ||||||
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1 (1918) | Edward Carson (1854–1935) TD for Belfast Duncairn (Irish Unionist Alliance / Ulster Unionist Party) |
Joseph Devlin (1871–1934) TD for Belfast Falls until 1921 TD for Antrim from 1921 TD for Belfast West from 1921 (Irish Parliamentary Party / Nationalist Party) |
No leader (Labour Unionist) | |||||||
2 (1921) | James Craig (1871–1940) TD for Down (Ulster Unionist Party) |
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3 (1922) | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare (Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) / Republican / Sinn Féin) |
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4 (1923) | [nb 6] | |||||||||
Kathleen Lynn[nb 7] (1874–1955) TD for Dublin County (Sinn Féin) |
Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare (Fianna Fáil) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ President of Dáil Éireann and Chairman of the Provisional Government to 6 December 1922. President of the Executive Council to 29 December 1937.
- ^ a b From January to August 1922 there were two administrations operating in parallel, the Ministry of the self-declared independent Irish Republic and the Provisional Government accepted by the United Kingdom. De Valera had filled both posts, but after his resignation there were two heads of government, Arthur Griffith, as President of the Republic, and Michael Collins as Chairman of the Provisional Government of Southern Ireland.
- ^ a b c Following William Norton's victory in the 1926 Dublin County by-election, the Farmers' Party and Labour Party both held 15 seats. In May 1927, the Farmers' Party was reduced to 14 seats following the departure of Denis Gorey to Cumann na nGaedheal.
- ^ Sole TD elected for party.
- ^ Clann Éireann was founded on 25 January 1926 as a result of a split from the ruling Cumann na nGaedheal party, to protest against the Boundary Commission report.
- ^ In 1926, Éamon de Valera left Sinn Féin and formed Fianna Fáil on 16 May 1926.
- ^ John J. O'Kelly served as President of Sinn Féin however was not elected as a TD. Kathleen Lynn was the sole Vice President of Sinn Féin after the schism with Fianna Fáil.