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19th Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1989 to 1993

Field	Value
name	19th Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	1 November 1989
term_end	17 December 1992
before	[18th Seanad](18th-seanad)
after	[20th Seanad](20th-seanad)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	Liam Naughten (FG)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3
government

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad) The 19th Seanad was in office from 1989 to 1993. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1989 general election to the 26th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 20th Seanad in 1993.

Cathaoirleach

On 1 November 1989, Seán Doherty (FF) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Mick Lanigan (FF) and seconded by Patrick McGowan (FF). Avril Doyle (FG) was proposed by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by Charles McDonald (FG). John A. Murphy (Ind) was nominated by David Norris (Ind) and seconded by Brendan Ryan (Ind). Doherty was elected by a vote of 32 to 25.

On 8 November 1989, Liam Naughten (FG) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by Myles Staunton (FG) and seconded by Pól Ó Foighil (FG). Jack Harte (Lab) was proposed by Pat Upton (Lab) and seconded by Joe Costello (Lab). Naughten was elected by a vote of 15 to 10.

On 22 January 1992, Doherty resigned as Cathaoirleach after comments he made in relation to the phone tapping scandal, which would lead to the resignation of Charles Haughey as taoiseach on 11 February. On 23 January, Seán Fallon (FF) was proposed by G. V. Wright (FF) and seconded by Tras Honan (FF). He was elected without a division. Fallon won a contest against Des Hanafin, Tras Honan and Willie Farrell to be the Fianna Fáil nominee for the post.

Composition of the 19th 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 19th Seanad first met on 1 November 1989.

Party	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	Total
Fianna Fáil}}"	Fianna Fáil	4	6	3	5	6	0	0	8	32	Fianna Fáil}}"
Fine Gael}}"	Fine Gael	2	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	15	Fine Gael}}"
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"	Labour Party	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
Progressive Democrats}}"	Progressive Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	Progressive Democrats}}"
Independent politician (Ireland)}}"	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	6	Independent politician (Ireland)}}"

List of senators

Changes

Sources

References

(1 November 1989). "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 123 No. 1.
(8 November 1989). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 123 No. 2.
(22 January 1992). "Resignation of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 131 No. 1.
(23 January 1992). "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 131 No. 2.
(24 January 1992). "Fallon beats Hanafin in secret ballot for chair". [[The Irish Times]].
(17 December 1992). "Business of Seanad". Seanad Debates – Vol. 134 No. 11.

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