ENSIKLOPEDIA

The 3rd Seanad was in office from 1938 to 1943. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1938 general election to the 10th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 4th Seanad in 1943.

Cathaoirleach

On 7 September 1938, Seán Gibbons (FF) was proposed by Helena Concannon (FF) and seconded by Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) for the position of Cathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.^[1]

On 16 November 1938, Patrick Baxter (CnaT) was proposed by John Counihan (Ind) and seconded by John Butler (FG) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. Baxter was defeated by a vote of 15 to 28.^[2] On 23 November 1938, Michael Tierney (FG) was proposed by was proposed by James G. Douglas (Ind) and seconded by Henry Barniville (FG) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach.^[3] On 30 November 1938, Tierney was elected by a vote of 34 to 12.^[4]

Composition of the 3rd 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.^[5]

The following table shows the composition by party when the 3rd Seanad first met on 7 September 1938.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
Origin Party		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	4	5	1	3	1	1	0	7	22
	Fine Gael	2	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	12
	Labour Party	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
	Clann na Talmhan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Independent	1	4	1	3	3	0	3	4	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
Christopher Byrne	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Desmond FitzGerald	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Michael Hayes	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Denis Healy	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
James McGee	Administrative Panel	Independent
Margaret Mary Pearse	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Thomas Ruane	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick Baxter	Agricultural Panel	Clann na Talmhan
Neal Blaney	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Michael Colbert	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
John Counihan	Agricultural Panel	Independent
Seán Gibbons	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kehoe	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Dominick MacCabe	Agricultural Panel	Independent
Ross McGillycuddy	Agricultural Panel	Independent
William O'Callaghan	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Martin O'Dwyer	Agricultural Panel	Independent
William Quirke	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
James Crosbie	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Thomas Delany	Cultural and Educational Panel	Independent	Died on 9 July 1939^[6]
Patrick Doyle	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Seán O'Donovan	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
James Parkinson	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Thomas J. O'Connell	Cultural and Educational Panel	Labour
Joseph Brennan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Martin Conlon	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Daniel Corkery	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
James G. Douglas	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Seán Goulding	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Peter Trainor Kelly	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent
Seán MacEllin	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
John MacLoughlin	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
David Madden	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
John Butler	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Seán Campbell	Labour Panel	Labour
William Cummins	Labour Panel	Labour
Thomas Foran	Labour Panel	Labour
Frederick Hawkins	Labour Panel	Independent
Seán Hayes	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hogan	Labour Panel	Labour
James Johnston	Labour Panel	Independent
Eamonn Lynch	Labour Panel	Labour
Peter Lynch	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 Tierney	National University of Ireland	Fine Gael
Ernest Alton	Dublin University	Independent
Joseph Johnston	Dublin University	Independent
Robert Rowlette	Dublin University	Independent
Robert Farnan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
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
Patrick Keohane	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent	Died on 4 December 1939^[7]
Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent	Died on 1 July 1942^[8]
William Magennis	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Frank MacDermot	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Maurice George Moore	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Died on 8 September 1939^[9]
David Robinson	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Matthew Stafford	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Liam Ó Buachalla	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 7 October 1939 to replace Maurice George Moore^[10]
Laurence O'Neill	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent	Nominated on 2 January 1940 to replace Patrick Keohane^[11]
Pádraic Ó Máille	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 22 July 1942 to replace Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich^[12]

Changes

Date	Panel			Note
9 July 1939	Cultural and Educational Panel	Independent		Death of Thomas Delany^[6]
8 September 1939	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent		Death of Maurice George Moore^[9]
7 October 1939	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Liam Ó Buachalla nominated to replace Maurice George Moore^[10]
4 December 1939	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent		Death of Patrick Keohane^[7]
2 January 1940	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Laurence O'Neill nominated to replace Patrick Keohane^[11]
22 January 1941	Cultural and Educational Panel		Labour	Thomas J. O'Connell elected at a by-election to replace Thomas Delany^[13]
1 July 1942	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent		Death of Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich^[8]
22 July 1942	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Pádraic Ó Máille nominated to replace Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich^[12]
23 June 1943	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil		Christopher Byrne elected to the 11th Dáil at the 1943 general election^[14]
23 June 1943	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil		Neal Blaney elected to the 11th Dáil at the 1943 general election^[14]
23 June 1943	Labour Panel	Labour		Patrick Hogan elected to the 11th Dáil at the 1943 general election^[14]
23 June 1943	Labour Panel	Labour		James Tunney elected to the 11th Dáil at the 1943 general election^[14]

References

↑ "Election of Cathaoirleach – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 22 No. 1". 7 September 1938. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
↑ "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 22 No. 2". 16 November 1938. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
↑ "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 22 No. 3". 23 November 1938. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
↑ "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (Resumed) – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 22 No. 4". 23 November 1938. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
↑ "3rd Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
1 2 "Death of a Senator – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 23 No. 3". 11 July 1939. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
1 2 "Death of a Senator – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 24 No. 1". 6 December 1939. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
1 2 "Seanad Éireann, Volume 26 No. 19, 1 Jul 1942: Death of Senator". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
1 2 "Death of a Senator – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 23 No. 11". 4 October 1939. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
1 2 "Seanad Éireann, Volume 23, 25 October 1939: New Senator". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
1 2 "Seanad Éireann, Volume 24, 4 January 1940: New Senator Takes his Seat". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
1 2 "Seanad Éireann, Volume 26, 22 July 1942: New Senator takes his seat". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
↑ "New Senator Takes his Seat – Seanad Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 25 No. 1". Oireachtas. 22 January 1941. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
1 2 3 4 "Election to Dáil of Former Senators – Seanad Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 27 No. 27". Oireachtas. 14 July 1943. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

External links

"3rd Seanad". Oireachtas Debates.

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