Government of WT Cosgrave 5
The WT Cosgrave 5 government was the fourth Executive Council of the Irish Free State , serving from October 11, 1927 to April 3, 1930.
In the parliamentary elections on September 15, 1927 , Cumann na nGaedheal (CG) , which had ruled since 1923, was the strongest party with 65 of 155 seats and, with the support of the Farmers's Party (FP) and several independent MPs, formed the government.
William Thomas Cosgrave was re-elected on October 11th with 76 to 70 votes. The ministers were elected by the Dáil the following day. The appointment of the members of the Executive Board was made by Governor General Timothy Michael Healy . All members of the government belonged to Cumann na nGaedheal (CG), with the exception of the Chairman of the Farmers' Party, Michael Heffernan , who became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Post and Telegraphy.
When the government lost 64 to 66 in the vote on the Old Age Pensions Bill, Cosgrave announced his resignation on March 28, 1930.
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L–> D: Diarmuid O'Hegarty, Patrick McGilligan , James FitzGerald-Kenney , John O'Sullivan , John A. Costello , WT Cosgrave , Ernest Blythe , Desmond FitzGerald , Richard Mulcahy , Patrick Hogan and Fionán Lynch .
composition
minister | |||||
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Office | Surname | Political party | Term of office | ||
President of the Executive Board | William Thomas Cosgrave | CG | - | ||
Vice-President of the Executive Board | Ernest Blythe | CG | - | ||
Finance minister | |||||
Minister for Post and Telegraphy | |||||
Foreign minister | Patrick McGilligan | CG | - | ||
Minister for Industry and Trade | |||||
Minister of Education | John M. O'Sullivan | CG | - | ||
Minister for Fisheries | Fionán Lynch | CG | - | ||
Minister of Justice | James FitzGerald-Kenney | CG | - | ||
Minister for Land and Agriculture | Patrick Hogan | CG | - | ||
Minister for Local Administration and Health | Richard Mulcahy | CG | - | ||
Defense Minister | Desmond FitzGerald | CG | - | ||
Parliamentary Secretaries | |||||
Office | Surname | Political party | Term of office | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Government Council | Eamonn Duggan | CG | - | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | James Burke | CG | - | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Trade | James Dolan | CG | - | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Fisheries | Martin Roddy | CG | - | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Post and Telegraphy | Michael Heffernan | FP | - | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Defense Minister | Eamonn Duggan | CG | - |
Web links
- History of Government. Seventh Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, November 27, 2018, accessed June 13, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 11 Oct 1927. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, 12 Oct 1927. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on June 13, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, October 19, 1927. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Friday, Feb 28, 1930. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on June 13, 2020 .