Members of the 9th Seanad
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This is a list of the members of the 9th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1957, after the 1957 general election and served until the close of poll for the 10th Seanad in 1961.
Composition of the 9th 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 9th Seanad first met on 22 May 1957.
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 | |||
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Fianna Fáil | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | ||
Fine Gael | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
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
See also
References
- 1 2 "Mr. John J. Brennan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Gerard B. Dillon". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. John O'Leary". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Patrick Teehan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Patrick Baxter". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Martin O'Dwyer". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- 1 2 "Mr. Edward Browne". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Frank Purcell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Henry Barniville". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. William Fearon". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. William J.E. Jessop". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Seán Moylan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- 1 2 "Mr. Louis Walsh". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
External links
- "9th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
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