Members of the 6th Seanad
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This is a list of the members of the 6th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1948, after the 1948 general election and served until the close of poll for the 7th Seanad in 1951.
Composition of the 6th Seanad
There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the Vocational Panels, 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.
The following table shows the composition by party when the 6th Seanad first met on 21 April 1948.
| Administrative Panel | Agricultural Panel | Cultural and Educational Panel | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour Panel | National University of Ireland | University of Dublin | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Fine Gael | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Labour Party | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Clann na Talmhan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Clann na Poblachta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | ||
- Note: The figure above do not add up due to the Senators whose political affiliations are currently unknown.
List of senators
- Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
Changes
| Date | Panel | Gain | Loss | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 1948 | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | Timothy O'Donovan elected as Cathaoirleach | |||
| 22 June 1949 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour Party | Resignation of Luke Duffy[6] | |||
| 1 February 1950 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Death of Joseph Brennan[4] | ||||
| 27 February 1950 | Labour Panel | Labour Party | Death of Seán Campbell[7] | |||
| 21 April 1950 | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Cecil Lavery appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court[3] | |||
| 31 May 1950 | Labour Panel | Labour Party | Resignation of J. T. O'Farrell[8] | |||
| 16 June 1950 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour Party | Mary Davidson elected at a by-election to replace Joseph Brennan[5] | |||
| 6 December 1950 | Agricultural Panel | Labour Party | Resignation of Robert Malachy Burke[2] | |||
| 30 May 1951 | Administrative Panel | Clann na Talmhan | John Finan elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1951 general election[1] | |||
See also
References
- 1 2 "Mr. John Finan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Robert Malachy Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Cecil Lavery". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Joseph Brennan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Ms. Mary Davidson". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Luke Duffy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Seán Campbell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. John Thomas O'Farrell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
External links
- "6th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
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