This is a list of the members of the 16th
Seanad Éireann, the
upper house of the
Oireachtas
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*The President of Ireland
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(legislature) of
Ireland. These
Senator
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s were elected or appointed in 1982, after the
February 1982 general election and served until the close of poll for the
17th Seanad in 1983.
Composition of the 16th 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
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* to be elected to an office — in this case a candidate selection procedure occurs.
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.
The following table shows the composition by party when the 16th Seanad first met on 13 May 1982.
List of senators
Changes
See also
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Members of the 23rd Dáil
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Government of the 23rd Dáil
The Government of the 23rd Dáil or the 18th Government of Ireland (9 March – 14 December 1982) was the government of Ireland formed after the February 1982 general election. It was a minority Fianna Fáil government, reliant on the support ...
References
External links
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{{Lists of members of Seanad Éireann
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