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12th Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1969 to 1973

Field	Value
name	12th Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	5 November 1969
term_end	30 March 1973
before	[11th Seanad](11th-seanad)
after	[13th Seanad](13th-seanad)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	James Dooge (FG)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3	Thomas Mullins (FF)
government	13th government of Ireland

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad) The 12th Seanad was in office from 1969 to 1973. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1969 general election to the 19th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 13th Seanad in 1973.

Composition of the 12th 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 12th Seanad first met on 5 November 1969.

Party	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	Total
Fianna Fáil}}"	Fianna Fáil	3	4	3	4	4	0	0	9	27	Fianna Fáil}}"
Fine Gael}}"	Fine Gael	3	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	16	Fine Gael}}"
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"	Labour Party	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	6	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
Independent politician (Ireland)}}"	Independent	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	11	Independent politician (Ireland)}}"

Cathaoirleach

On 5 November 1969, Michael Yeats (FF) was proposed for the position of Cathaoirleach by Thomas Mullins (FF) and seconded by John J. Nash (FF). He was elected with Mary Robinson (Ind) and Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) dissenting.

On 12 November 1969, James Dooge (FG) was proposed for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach by Michael O'Higgins (FG) and seconded by Charles McDonald (FG). He was elected unopposed.

On 1 January 1973, Yeats resigned as Cathaoirleach on his appointment as a member of the Irish delegation in the European Parliament. On 1 January 1973, in the election of a new Cathaoirleach, Micheál Cranitch (FF) was proposed Thomas Mullins (FF) and seconded by Kit Ahern (FF). James Dooge was proposed by Michael O'Higgins (FG) and seconded by Charles McDonald (FG). Cranitch was elected by a vote of 28 to 14.

List of senators

Changes

References

(5 November 1969). "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 67 No. 1.
(12 November 1969). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 67 No. 2.
(3 January 1973). "Vacancy in Office of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 74 No. 1.
(3 January 1973). "Toghadh Cathaoirligh". Seanad Debates – Vol. 74 No. 1.
(5 November 1969). "Death of Member". Seanad Debates – Vol. 67 No. 1.
(12 November 1969). "Vacancy in Seanad Membership". Seanad Debates – Vol. 67 No. 2.
(19 March 1970). "Election of Member". Seanad Debates – Vol. 67 No. 15.
(29 April 1970). "Election of Member to Dáil Éireann". Seanad Debates – Vol. 68 No. 1.
(29 April 1970). "Notice of Vacancy in Seanad Membership: Motion". Seanad Debates – Vol. 68 No. 1.
(10 June 1970). "Death of Senator: Expression of Sympathy". Seanad Debates – Vol. 68 No. 7.
(28 July 1970). "Vacancy in Seanad Membership". Seanad Debates – Vol. 68 No. 15.
(17 June 1970). "Prelude". Seanad Debates – Vol. 68 No. 9.
(15 December 1970). "Election of Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 69 No. 1.
(23 February 1972). "Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy". Seanad Debates – Vol. 72 No. 7.
(3 November 1972). "Vacancy in Seanad Membership: Motion". Seanad Debates – Vol. 73 No. 9.
(30 March 1973). "Members of Seanad Éireann elected to Dáil Éireann". Seanad Debates – Vol. 74 No. 6.

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