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7th Seanad
7th Seanad
Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	14 July 1951 – 7 July 1954
Government	6th government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Liam Ó Buachalla (FF)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Timothy O'Donovan (FG)
Leader of the; Seanad	William Quirke (FF)

The 7th Seanad was in office from 1951 to 1954. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1951 general election to the 14th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 8th Seanad in 1954.

Cathaoirleach

On 14 August 1951, Liam Ó Buachalla (FF), was proposed by Seán Goulding (FF) and seconded by Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) for the position of Cathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.^[1]

On 7 November 1951, Timothy O'Donovan (FG), Cathaoirleach of the 6th Seanad, was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.^[2]

Composition of the 7th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels, 6 were elected from two university constituencies and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach.^[3]

The following table shows the composition by party when the 7th Seanad first met on 14 August 1951.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
Origin Party		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	3	4	3	3	2	1	0	9	25
	Fine Gael	1	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	9
	Labour Party	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
	Clann na Talmhan	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
	Independent	2	1	1	5	5	1	3	2	19
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
Patrick Fitzsimons	Administrative Panel	Independent
Michael Hearne	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
James J. McCrea	Administrative Panel	Labour
James McGee	Administrative Panel	Independent
Michael J. O'Higgins	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Thomas Ruane	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick Teehan	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick Baxter	Agricultural Panel	Clann na Talmhan
Bernard Commons	Agricultural Panel	Clann na Talmhan
Patrick Gorry	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
James Kilroy	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Died on 5 January 1954^[4]
Michael Óg McFadden	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
William O'Callaghan	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Timothy O'Donovan	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Martin O'Dwyer	Agricultural Panel	Independent
Patrick O'Reilly	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
William Quirke	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
James Tunney	Agricultural Panel	Labour
Michael Hayes	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Frank Loughman	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
James B. Lynch	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil	Died on 12 March 1954^[5]
Liam Ó Buachalla	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick F. O'Reilly	Cultural and Educational Panel	Independent
Denis Burke	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Andrew Clarkin	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
James G. Douglas	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Jane Dowdall	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Seán Hartney	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Peter Lynch	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Edward McGuire	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Frederick Summerfield	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Pádraig Ághas	Labour Panel	Independent
John Butler	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Michael Colgan	Labour Panel	Independent	Died on 22 June 1953^[6]
Noel Hartnett	Labour Panel	Independent
Frederick Hawkins	Labour Panel	Independent
Seán Hayes	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Vincent McHugh	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
William McMullen	Labour Panel	Labour
John Meighan	Labour Panel	Clann na Talmhan
Daniel O'Rourke	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Seán Ruane	Labour Panel	Independent
Henry Barniville	National University of Ireland	Fine Gael
Helena Concannon	National University of Ireland	Fianna Fáil	Died on 27 February 1952^[7]
John F. Cunningham	National University of Ireland	Independent	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 25 February 1953, succeeding Helena Concannon^[8]
George O'Brien	National University of Ireland	Independent
Gardner Budd	Dublin University	Independent	Appointed as a judge of the High Court on 2 October 1951^[9]
William Fearon	Dublin University	Independent
William J. E. Jessop	Dublin University	Independent	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 12 March 1952, succeeding Gardner Budd^[10]
William Bedell Stanford	Dublin University	Independent
Daniel Corkery	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Robert Farnan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Seán Goulding	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
T. V. Honan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Joseph Johnston	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Eamon Kissane	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Donovan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Grady	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Margaret Mary Pearse	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Michael Yeats	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil

Changes

Date	Panel			Note
2 October 1951	Dublin University	Independent		Gardner Budd appointed as a judge of the High Court^[9]^[11]
27 February 1952	National University	Fianna Fáil		Death of Helena Concannon^[7]^[12]
12 March 1952	Dublin University		Independent	William J. E. Jessop elected at a by-election to succeed Gardner Budd^[10]
16 September 1952	Labour Panel	Labour		Disqualification of William McMullen due to bankruptcy^[13]^[14]
25 February 1953	National University		Independent	John F. Cunningham elected at a by-election to succeed Helena Concannon^[8]
25 February 1953	Labour Panel		Labour	William McMullen deemed to be elected to fill casual vacancy^[8]
22 June 1953	Labour Panel	Independent		Death of Michael Colgan^[6]
1 September 1953	Labour Panel	Labour		Resignation of William McMullen to join the board of CIÉ^[15]
5 January 1954	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil		Death of James Kilroy^[4]
12 March 1954	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil		Death of James B. Lynch^[5]

References

^ "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 40 No. 1. 14 August 1951. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach—Motion". Seanad Debates – Vol. 40 No. 2. 7 November 1951.
^ "7th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Bás Seanadóra". Seanad Debates – Vol. 43 No. 5. 24 February 1954. Archived from the original on 10 March 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Bás Seanadóra". Seanad Debates – Vol. 43 No. 8. 16 March 1954.
^ ^a ^b "Bás Seanadóra". Seanad Debates – Vol. 42 No. 4. 1 July 1953.
^ ^a ^b "Bás Seanadóra". Seanad Debates – Vol. 40 No. 12. 12 March 1952.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Election of Senators". Seanad Debates – Vol. 41 No. 6. 25 February 1953. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Resignation of Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 40 No. 2. 7 November 1951.
^ ^a ^b "Introduction of New Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 40 No. 13. 19 March 1953.
^ "Seanad Éireann Vacancy". Seanad Debates – Vol. 40 No. 2. 7 November 1951.
^ "Vacancy in Seanad Membership—Motion". Seanad Debates – Vol. 40 No. 18. 4 June 1952.
^ Seanad Committee on Procedure and Privileges (29 October 1952). "Report – Question of the Effect of Senator William McMullen's bankruptcy on his membership of the Seanad". Archive: Committee Reports. Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ "Seanad Vacancy—Motion". Seanad Debates – Vol. 41 No. 5. 11 December 1952.
^ "Resignation of Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 42 No. 12. 25 February 1953. Archived from the original on 10 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.