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17th Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1983 to 1987

Field	Value
name	17th Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	23 February 1983
term_end	3 April 1987
before	[16th Seanad](16th-seanad)
after	[18th Seanad](18th-seanad)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1	Patrick J. Reynolds (FG)
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	Tras Honan (FF)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3	James Dooge
government	17th government

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad) The 17th Seanad was in office from 1983 to 1987. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the November 1982 general election to the 24th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 18th Seanad.

Cathaoirleach

On 23 February 1983, Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by James Dooge (FG) and seconded by Seán O'Leary (FG). He was elected without a division.

On 9 March 1983, Tras Honan (FF) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by Mick Lanigan (FF) and seconded by Thomas Hussey (FF). She was elected without a division.

Composition of the 17th 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 17th Seanad first met on 23 February 1983.

Party	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	Total
Fine Gael}}"	Fine Gael	3	5	2	4	5	1	0	5	25	Fine Gael}}"
Fianna Fáil}}"	Fianna Fáil	3	5	2	4	5	0	0	0	19	Fianna Fáil}}"
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"	Labour Party	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	10	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
Independent politician (Ireland)}}"	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	6	Independent politician (Ireland)}}"

List of senators

Changes

References

(23 February 1983). "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 100 No. 1.
(9 March 1983). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 100 No. 2.
(10 February 1983). "O'Donoghue resigns from parliamentary party". The Irish Times.
(19 November 1985). "Robinson resigns over agreement". The Irish Times.
McNamara, Maedhbh. (2000). "Women in Parliament: Ireland 1918–2000". Wolfhound Press.
(7 January 1986). "Membership bid by Burke and O'Leary may fail". The Irish Times.
(18 April 1986). "Labour senator defects to PDs". The Irish Times.
(19 January 1987). "Homan to run for PDs". The Irish Times.
(3 April 1987). "Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Seanad Debates – Vol. 115 No. 15.
(3 April 1987). "Nomination of Members". Seanad Debates – Vol. 115 No. 15.

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