10th Seanad
Template:Short description Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox legislative term The 10th Seanad was in office from 1961 to 1965. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1961 general election to the 19th Dáil. The senators served until the close of the poll for the 11th Seanad in 1965.
Cathaoirleach
On 14 December 1961, Liam Ó Buachalla (FF), the outgoing Cathaoirleach, was proposed again for the position by Thomas Mullins (FF) and seconded by Eamon Kissane (FF). He was elected unopposed.[1]
On 3 January 1962, in the election for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach, Patrick Lindsay was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Edward McGuire (Ind). Mary Davidson (Lab) was proposed by Dominick Murphy and seconded by Patrick Crowley. Lindsay was elected by a vote of 19 to 7, with Fianna Fáil abstaining.[2]
Composition of the 10th 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.[3]
The following table shows the composition by party when the 10th Seanad first met on 14 December 1961.
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" Template:Diagonal split header 2 | Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | |||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Fianna Fáil | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Fine Gael | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Independent | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | |
| 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
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Changes
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| 5 April 1963 | Agricultural Panel | Script error: No such module "political party". | Death of John Donnelly Sheridan[5] | |||
| 26 June 1963 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Script error: No such module "political party". | Death of Daniel Moloney[6] | |||
| 28 November 1963 | Agricultural Panel | Script error: No such module "political party". | Batt Donegan elected at a by-election to succeed John Donnelly Sheridan[4][9] | |||
| 28 November 1963 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Script error: No such module "political party". | John Costelloe elected at a by-election to succeed Daniel Moloney[4][9] | |||
| 19 November 1964 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Script error: No such module "political party". | Death of Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[8] | |||
| 25 November 1964 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Script error: No such module "political party". | Kit Ahern nominated to succeed Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[7] | |||
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References
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External links
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