19th Dáil
| 19th Dáil | |||||||||||
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||||
| Term | 2 July 1969 – 5 February 1973 | ||||||||||
| Election | 1969 general election | ||||||||||
| Government | 13th government of Ireland | ||||||||||
| Members | 144 | ||||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Cormac Breslin | ||||||||||
| Taoiseach | Jack Lynch | ||||||||||
| Tánaiste | Erskine H. Childers | ||||||||||
| Chief Whip | David Andrews — Desmond O'Malley until 7 May 1970 | ||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Liam Cosgrave | ||||||||||
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The 19th Dáil was elected at the 1969 general election on 18 June 1969 and met on 2 July 1969. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 12th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 5 February 1973, President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Jack Lynch. The 19th Dáil lasted 3 years, 218 days.