This is a list of the members of the 5th
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
upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restric ...
of the
Oireachtas (legislature) of
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. These
Senators were elected or appointed in 1944, after the
1944 general election and served until the close of poll for the
6th Seanad in 1948.
Composition of the 5th 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 5th Seanad first met on 18 August 1944.
List of senators
Changes
See also
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Members of the 12th Dáil
The 12th Dáil was elected at the 1944 general election on 30 May 1944 and first met on 9 June 1944. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. The 12th Dáil was d ...
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Government of the 12th Dáil
References
External links
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{{Lists of members of Seanad Éireann
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