5th Seanad
Members of the Seanad from 1944 to 1948
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Seanad Éireann | ||||
Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||
Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||
Term | 18 August 1944 – 12 March 1948 | ||||
Government | 4th Government of Ireland | ||||
Members | 60 | ||||
Cathaoirleach | Seán Goulding (FF) | ||||
Leas-Chathaoirleach | Timothy O'Donovan (FG) | ||||
Leader of the Seanad | William Quirke (FF) |
The 5th Seanad was in office from 1944 to 1948. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1944 general election to the 12th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 6th Seanad in 1948.
Composition of the 5th Seanad
There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels, 6 were elected from two university constituencies and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach.[1]
The following table shows the composition by party when the 5th Seanad first met on 18 August 1944.
Origin Party | Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||
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Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | ||
Fine Gael | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Independent | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | ||
Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 |
List of senators
- Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
Name | Panel | Party | Notes | |
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Andrew Clarkin | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Seán Goulding | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Michael Hayes | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Denis Healy | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Michael Hearne | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
James McGee | Administrative Panel | Independent | ||
Thomas Ruane | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Patrick Baxter | Agricultural Panel | Clann na Talmhan | ||
John Counihan | Agricultural Panel | Independent | ||
Daniel Hogan | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Edmund Horan | Agricultural Panel | Clann na Talmhan | ||
Patrick Kehoe | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Dominick MacCabe | Agricultural Panel | Independent | ||
William O'Callaghan | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Timothy O'Donovan | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Patrick O'Reilly | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
William Quirke | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Gerard Sweetman | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 13th Dáil at the general election on 4 February 1948[2] | |
Patrick Doyle | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Louis O'Dea | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Seán O'Donovan | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Patrick J. O'Reilly | Cultural and Educational Panel | Independent | ||
James Parkinson | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Resigned on 31 July 1947 due to ill-health[3] | |
Thomas Condon | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | Disqualified from the Seanad on 25 October 1944 by virtue of his membership of the Irish Tourist Board[4] | |
Daniel Corkery | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
James Crosbie | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Tadhg Crowley | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
James G. Douglas | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | ||
Luke Duffy | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour | ||
Peter Trainor Kelly | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | ||
Seán MacEllin | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
David Madden | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 13th Dáil at the general election on 4 February 1948[5] | |
Frederick Summerfield | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | Elected on 7 March 1945, replacing Thomas Condon[6] | |
John Butler | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Thomas Hayden | Labour Panel | Labour | ||
Frederick Hawkins | Labour Panel | Independent | Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 24 July 1946, replacing John Thomas Keane[7] | |
James Johnston | Labour Panel | Independent | ||
John Thomas Keane | Labour Panel | Independent | Died on 22 May 1946[8] | |
Thomas Kennedy | Labour Panel | Labour | Died on 18 September 1947[9] | |
Sam Kyle | Labour Panel | Labour | ||
Peter Lynch | Labour Panel | Independent | ||
John Meighan | Labour Panel | Clann na Talmhan | ||
Seán Ruane | Labour Panel | Independent | ||
Michael Smyth | Labour Panel | Independent | ||
James Tunney | Labour Panel | Labour | ||
Henry Barniville | National University of Ireland | Fine Gael | ||
Helena Concannon | National University of Ireland | Fianna Fáil | ||
Michael J. Ryan | National University of Ireland | Independent | ||
Joseph Warwick Bigger | Dublin University | Independent | Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 22 November 1947, replacing T. C. Kingsmill Moore[10] | |
William Fearon | Dublin University | Independent | ||
Joseph Johnston | Dublin University | Independent | ||
T. C. Kingsmill Moore | Dublin University | Independent | Appointed as a judge of the High Court on 11 June 1947[11] | |
Seán Campbell | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Labour | ||
Robert Farnan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Thomas Foran | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Labour | ||
T. V. Honan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Sir John Keane | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | ||
Margaret L. Kennedy | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
William Magennis | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | Died on 30 March 1946[12] | |
Liam Ó Buachalla | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Pádraic Ó Máille | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Died on 19 January 1946[13] | |
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | Nominated on 22 February 1946, replacing Pádraic Ó Máille[14] | |
Edward Pakenham | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | Nominated on 7 November 1946, replacing William Magennis[15][16] | |
Margaret Mary Pearse | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Matthew Stafford | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil |
Changes
References
- ^ "5th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database.
- ^ a b "Mr. Gerard Sweetman". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Mr. James Parkinson". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 29: Vacancy in Seanad – Motion". Houses of the Oireachtas. 25 October 1944. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Mr. David Madden". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 29: New Senator Takes His Seat". Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 March 1945. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Mr. Frederick Hawkins". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Mr. John Thomas Keane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Mr. Thomas Kennedy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Mr. Joseph Warwick Bigger". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Mr. Theodore Conyngham Kingsmill Moore". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Professor William Magennis". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Mr. Pádraic Ó Máille". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Mr. Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Mr. Edward Arthur Henry Pakenham". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
- ^ "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 33: New Senator Takes His Seat". Houses of the Oireachtas. 13 November 1946. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
External links
- "5th Seanad". Oireachtas Debates.
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