Members_of_the_6th_Seanad
6th Seanad
Members of the Seanad from 1948 to 1951
The 6th Seanad was in office from 1948 to 1951. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1948 general election to the 13th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 7th Seanad in 1951.
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| Legislative body | Seanad Éireann | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||
| Term | 21 April 1948 – 25 July 1951 | ||||
| Government | 5th Government of Ireland | ||||
| Members | 60 | ||||
| Cathaoirleach | Timothy O'Donovan (FG) | ||||
| Leas-Chathaoirleach | Seán Goulding (FF) | ||||
| Leader of the Seanad | Michael Hayes (FG) | ||||
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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 6th Seanad first met on 21 April 1948.
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Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||
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| Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Fine Gael | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Labour Party | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Clann na Talmhan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Clann na Poblachta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Independent | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 | ||
| Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | ||
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- Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
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| Date | Panel | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
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| 22 June 1949 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour | Resignation of Luke Duffy[7] | |||
| 1 February 1950 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | Death of Joseph Brennan[5] | |||
| 27 February 1950 | Labour Panel | Labour | Death of Seán Campbell[8] | |||
| 21 April 1950 | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Cecil Lavery appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court[4] | |||
| 31 May 1950 | Labour Panel | Labour | Resignation of J. T. O'Farrell[9] | |||
| 16 June 1950 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour | Mary Davidson elected at a by-election to replace Joseph Brennan[6] | |||
| 6 December 1950 | Agricultural Panel | Labour | Resignation of Robert Malachy Burke[3] | |||
| 30 May 1951 | Administrative Panel | Clann na Talmhan | John Finan elected to the 14th Dáil at the 1951 general election[2] | |||
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- "6th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database.
- "Mr. John Finan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- "Mr. Robert Malachy Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- "Mr. Cecil Lavery". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- "Mr. Joseph Brennan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- "Ms. Mary Davidson". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- "Mr. Luke Duffy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- "Mr. Seán Campbell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- "Mr. John Thomas O'Farrell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- "6th Seanad". Oireachtas Debates.