This is a list of the members of the 13th
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
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of the
Oireachtas
The Oireachtas (, ), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The Oireachtas consists of:
*The President of Ireland
*The bicameralism, two houses of the Oireachtas ...
(legislature) of
Ireland
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. These
Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
s were elected or appointed in 1973, after the
1973 general election and served until the close of poll for the
14th Seanad in 1977.
Composition of the 13th 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
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* to be elected to an office — in this case a candidate selection procedure occurs.
* t ...
.
The following table shows the composition by party when the 13th Seanad first met on 1 June 1973.
List of senators
Changes
See also
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Members of the 20th Dáil
The 20th Dáil was elected at the 1973 general election on 28 February 1973 and met on 14 March 1973. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. On 25 May 1977, Pre ...
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Government of the 20th Dáil
The Government of the 20th Dáil or the 14th Government of Ireland (14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977) was the government of Ireland formed after the 1973 general election held on 28 February 1973. It was a coalition government of Fine Gael and th ...
References
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