Government of WT Cosgrave 6

The WT Cosgrave 6 government was the fifth Executive Council of the Irish Free State , serving from April 3, 1930 to March 9, 1932.

When the previous government was defeated in the vote on the Old Age Pensions Bill by 64 to 66 votes, the President of the Executive Council William Thomas Cosgrave announced his resignation on March 28, 1930.

After neither Éamon de Valera ( Fianna Fáil ) nor Thomas O'Connell ( Irish Labor Party ) could win a majority in the Dáil Éireann (parliament), Cosgrave was re-elected on April 2nd with 80 to 65 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 James McNeill . All members of the government belonged to Cumann na nGaedheal (CG), with the exception of the Chairman of the Farmers' Party (FP), Michael Heffernan , who became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Post and Telegraphy.

In the following parliamentary election on February 16, 1932 Fianna Fáil was the strongest party and was the government until 1948.

composition

minister
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
President of the Executive Board	William Thomas Cosgrave	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Vice-President of the Executive Board	Ernest Blythe	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Finance minister
Minister for Post and Telegraphy
Foreign minister	Patrick McGilligan	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Minister for Industry and Trade
Minister of Education	John M. O'Sullivan	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Minister of Justice	James FitzGerald-Kenney	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Minister for Land and Fisheries	Fionán Lynch	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Minister of Agriculture	Patrick Hogan	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Minister for Local Administration and Health	Richard Mulcahy	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Defense Minister	Desmond FitzGerald	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Parliamentary Secretaries
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Government Council	Eamonn Duggan	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	James Burke	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Trade	James Dolan	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Land and Fisheries	Martin Roddy	CG	April 3, 1930	-	0March 9, 1932
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Post and Telegraphy	Michael Heffernan	FP	April 3, 1930	-	January 29, 1932
Parliamentary Secretary to the Defense Minister	Eamonn Duggan	CG	April 3, 1930	-	January 29, 1932

Web links

• History of Government. Seventh Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, November 27, 2018, accessed June 11, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Friday, Feb 28, 1930. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed June 11, 2020 .  
2. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, 2 Apr 1930. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on June 11, 2020 .  
3. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, 3 Apr 1930. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on June 11, 2020 .  
4. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, 9 Apr 1930. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on June 11, 2020 .