This is a list of the members of the 3rd

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann (, ; "Senate of Ireland") is the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house). It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its memb ...

, the

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of the Oireachtas (legislature) of

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. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1938, after the 1938 general election and served until the close of poll for the 4th Seanad in 1943.

Composition of the 3rd Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the

Vocational panel A vocational panel ( ga, rolla gairm bheatha) is any of five lists of candidates from which are elected a total of 43 of the 60 senators in Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland. Each panel corresponds to a g ...

s, 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach. The following table shows the composition by party when the 3rd Seanad first met on 7 September 1938.

Composition of the 3rd Seanad

List of senators

Changes

See also

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