Members of the 5th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 5th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. 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 panels, 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.

Origin Party		Admin Panel	Agri Panel	Cult & Educ Panel	Ind & Comm Panel	Labour Panel	NUI	U Dublin	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	5	4	2	3	0	1	0	7	22
	Fine Gael	1	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	9
	Labour Party	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	8
	Clann na Talmhan	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
	Independent	1	2	1	3	5	1	3	2	18
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators

Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Name	Panel		Notes
Andrew Clarkin	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Seán Goulding	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Cathaoirleach
Michael Hayes	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Denis Healy	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Michael Hearne	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
James McGee	Administrative Panel	Independent
Thomas Ruane	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick Baxter	Agricultural Panel	Clann na Talmhan
John Counihan	Agricultural Panel	Independent
Daniel Hogan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Edmund Horan	Agricultural Panel	Clann na Talmhan
Patrick Kehoe	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Dominick MacCabe	Agricultural Panel	Independent
William O'Callaghan	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Timothy O'Donovan	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Leas Chathaoirleach
Patrick O'Reilly	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
William Quirke	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Gerard Sweetman	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 13th Dáil at the general election on 4 February 1948[1]
Patrick Doyle	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Louis O'Dea	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Donovan	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick J. O'Reilly	Cultural and Educational Panel	Independent
James Parkinson	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael	Resigned on 31 July 1947 due to ill-health[2]
Thomas Condon	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent	Disqualified from the Seanad on 25 October 1944 by virtue of his membership of the Irish Tourist Board[3]
Daniel Corkery	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
James Crosbie	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Tadhg Crowley	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
James G. Douglas	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Luke Duffy	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour
Peter Trainor Kelly	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Seán MacEllin	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
David Madden	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 13th Dáil at the general election on 4 February 1948[4]
Frederick Summerfield	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent	Nominated on 7 March 1945, replacing Thomas Condon[5]
John Butler	Labour Panel	Labour
Thomas Hayden	Labour Panel	Labour
Frederick Hawkins	Labour Panel	Independent	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 24 July 1946, replacing John Thomas Keane[6]
James Johnston	Labour Panel	Independent
John Thomas Keane	Labour Panel	Independent	Died on 22 May 1946[7]
Thomas Kennedy	Labour Panel	Labour	Died on 18 September 1947[8]
Sam Kyle	Labour Panel	Labour
Peter Lynch	Labour Panel	Independent
John Meighan	Labour Panel	Clann na Talmhan
Seán Ruane	Labour Panel	Independent
Michael Smyth	Labour Panel	Independent
James Tunney	Labour Panel	Labour
Henry Barniville	National University of Ireland	Fine Gael
Helena Concannon	National University of Ireland	Fianna Fáil
Michael J. Ryan	National University of Ireland	Independent
Joseph Warwick Bigger	University of Dublin	Independent	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 22 November 1947, replacing T. C. Kingsmill Moore[9]
William Fearon	University of Dublin	Independent
Joseph Johnston	University of Dublin	Independent
T. C. Kingsmill Moore	University of Dublin	Independent	Appointed as a judge of the High Court on 11 June 1947[10]
Seán Campbell	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Labour
Robert Farnan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Thomas Foran	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Labour
T. V. Honan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Sir John Keane	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Margaret L. Kennedy	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
William Magennis	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent	Died on 30 March 1946[11]
Liam Ó Buachalla	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Pádraic Ó Máille	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Died on 19 January 1946[12]
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent	Nominated on 22 February 1946, replacing Pádraic Ó Máille[13]
Edward Pakenham	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent	Nominated on 7 November 1946, replacing William Magennis[14][15]
Margaret Mary Pearse	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Matthew Stafford	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil

Changes

Date	Panel	Gain	Loss	Note
18 August 1944	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Seán Goulding elected as Cathaoirleach
25 October 1944	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent	Thomas Condon disqualified by virtue of his membership of the Irish Tourist Board[3]
7 March 1945	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent		Frederick Summerfield nominated to replace Thomas Condon[5]
19 January 1946	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Death of Pádraic Ó Máille[12]
22 February 1946	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent		Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha nominated to replace Pádraic Ó Máille[13]
30 March 1946	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Death of William Magennis[11]
22 May 1946	Labour Panel		Independent	Death of John Thomas Keane[7]
24 July 1946	Labour Panel	Independent		Frederick Hawkins elected at a by-election to replace John Thomas Keane[6]
7 November 1946	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent		Edward Pakenham nominated to replace William Magennis[14]
11 June 1947	University of Dublin		Independent	T. C. Kingsmill Moore appointed as a judge of the High Court[10]
31 July 1947	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael	Resignation of James Parkinson[2]
18 September 1947	Labour Panel		Labour	Death of Thomas Kennedy[8]
22 November 1947	University of Dublin	Independent		Joseph Warwick Bigger elected at a by-election to replace T. C. Kingsmill Moore[9]
4 February 1948	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Gerard Sweetman elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1948 general election[1]
4 February 1948	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	David Madden elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1948 general election[4]

References

"Mr. Gerard Sweetman". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"Mr. James Parkinson". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 29: Vacancy in Seanad – Motion". Houses of the Oireachtas. 25 October 1944. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
"Mr. David Madden". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
"Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 29: New Senator Takes His Seat". Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 March 1945. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
"Mr. Frederick Hawkins". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"Mr. John Thomas Keane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"Mr. Thomas Kennedy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"Mr. Joseph Warwick Bigger". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"Mr. Theodore Conyngham Kingsmill Moore". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"Professor William Magennis". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
"Mr. Pádraic Ó Máille". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"Mr. Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"Mr. Edward Arthur Henry Pakenham". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
"Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 33: New Senator Takes His Seat". Houses of the Oireachtas. 13 November 1946. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2008.

External links

"5th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

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[Sweetman-1] "Mr. Gerard Sweetman". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Parkinson-2] "Mr. James Parkinson". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Condon-3] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 29: Vacancy in Seanad – Motion". Houses of the Oireachtas. 25 October 1944. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

[Madden-4] "Mr. David Madden". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 November 2009.

[Summerfield-5] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 29: New Senator Takes His Seat". Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 March 1945. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

[Hawkins-6] "Mr. Frederick Hawkins". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Keane-7] "Mr. John Thomas Keane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Kennedy-8] "Mr. Thomas Kennedy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Bigger-9] "Mr. Joseph Warwick Bigger". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Kingsmill-10] "Mr. Theodore Conyngham Kingsmill Moore". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Magennis-11] "Professor William Magennis". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 February 2008.

[Maille-12] "Mr. Pádraic Ó Máille". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Osiochfhradha-13] "Mr. Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Pakenham-14] "Mr. Edward Arthur Henry Pakenham". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 February 2008.

[15] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 33: New Senator Takes His Seat". Houses of the Oireachtas. 13 November 1946. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2008.