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10th Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1961 to 1965

Field	Value
name	10th Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	14 December 1961
term_end	28 July 1965
before	[9th Seanad](9th-seanad)
after	[11th Seanad](11th-seanad)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1	Liam Ó Buachalla (FF)
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	Patrick Lindsay (FG)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3	Thomas Mullins (FF)
government	10th government of Ireland

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad) The 10th Seanad was in office from 1961 to 1965. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1961 general election to the 19th Dáil. The senators served until the close of the poll for the 11th Seanad in 1965.

Cathaoirleach

On 14 December 1961, Liam Ó Buachalla (FF), the outgoing Cathaoirleach, was proposed again for the position by Thomas Mullins (FF) and seconded by Eamon Kissane (FF). He was elected unopposed.

On 3 January 1962, in the election for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach, Patrick Lindsay was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Edward McGuire (Ind). Mary Davidson (Lab) was proposed by Dominick Murphy and seconded by Patrick Crowley. Lindsay was elected by a vote of 19 to 7, with Fianna Fáil abstaining.

Composition of the 10th 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.

The following table shows the composition by party when the 10th Seanad first met on 14 December 1961.

Party	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	Total
Fianna Fáil}}"	Fianna Fáil	3	5	3	4	5	0	0	8	28	Fianna Fáil}}"
Fine Gael}}"	Fine Gael	2	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	11	Fine Gael}}"
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"	Labour Party	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	6	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
Independent politician (Ireland)}}"	Independent	1	2	0	2	1	3	3	3	15	Independent politician (Ireland)}}"

List of senators

succeeding John Donnelly Sheridan succeeding Daniel Moloney

Changes

References

(14 December 1961). "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 55 No. 1.
(3 January 1962). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 55 No. 2.
"10th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database.
(24 April 1963). "Death of Senator: Expression of Sympathy". Seanad Debates – Vol. 56 No. 10.
(3 July 1963). "Death of Senator: Expression of Sympathy". Seanad Debates – Vol. 56 No. 15.
(4 December 1963). "Election of Senators". Seanad Debates – Vol. 57 No. 3.
(31 July 1963). "Vacancies in Seanad Membership: Motions". Seanad Debates – Vol. 52 No. 22.
(2 December 1964). "Bás Seanadóra: Rún Comhbhróin". Seanad Debates – Vol. 58 No. 2.
(2 December 1964). "Nomination of Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 58 No. 2.

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