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2nd Seanad

Members of the Seanad in 1938

Field	Value
name	2nd Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	27 April 1938
term_end	22 July 1938
before	[1934 Seanad](1934-seanad)
after	[3rd Seanad](3rd-seanad)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1	Seán Gibbons (FF)
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	Pádraic Ó Máille (FF)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3	William Quirke (FF)
government	[1st Government of Ireland](1st-government-of-ireland)

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad)

The 2nd Seanad was in office in 1938. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), took place in March 1938, following the coming into operation of the Constitution of Ireland in December 1937. The senators served until the close of poll for the 3rd Seanad, in July 1938.

Designation

The Seanad of the Irish Free State was abolished by the Constitution (Amendment No. 24) Act 1936, with its last meeting on 19 May 1936. The Free State Seanad was elected in stages and thus considered to be in permanent session. Although there were five Seanad elections held before its abolition, the First Seanad includes the entire period from 1922 to 1936.

A new Seanad Éireann was established under the 1937 Constitution, with elections following general elections to Dáil Éireann. To indicate continuity with its Free State predecessor, the first Seanad elected after 1937 is numbered as the Second Seanad. The election to the 2nd Seanad was elected under Article 53 of the Constitution, which provided that on the coming into operation of the Constitution, which took place on 29 December 1937, a general election for the Seanad would take place as if there had been a dissolution of the Dáil.

Cathaoirleach

On 27 April 1938, Seán Gibbons (FF) was proposed by Helena Concannon (FF) and seconded by Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) for the position of Cathaoirleach. Séamus Ó hEocha (Ind) was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Michael Tierney (FG) for the position. Gibbons was elected by a vote of 29 to 26.

On 11 May 1938, Pádraic Ó Máille (FF), who had served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1922 to 1927, was proposed by Seán Hayes (FF) and seconded by Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich (Ind) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. Ó Máille was elected by a vote of 30 to 23.

Composition of the 2nd 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 2nd Seanad first met on 27 April 1938.

Party	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	Total
Fianna Fáil}}"	Fianna Fáil	3	4	1	3	2	1	0	7	21	Fianna Fáil}}"
Fine Gael}}"	Fine Gael	2	3	3	5	2	2	0	0	17	Fine Gael}}"
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"	Labour Party	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
Independent politician}}"	Independent	2	4	1	1	6	0	3	4	21	Independent politician}}"

List of senators

Changes

References

[[Constitution of Ireland]], [[s:Constitution of Ireland (original text)#TRANSITORY PROVISIONS. Article 53]].
(27 April 1938). "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates. Vol. 21 No. 1.
(11 May 1938). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates. Vol. 21 No. 2.
(11 May 1938). "Uachtarán na hEireann do Thogha". Seanad Debates. Vol. 21 No. 2.
(11 May 1938). "Seanadóir d'Ainmniú". Seanad Debates. Vol. 21 No. 2.
(6 July 1938). "Announcement of Casual Vacancy in Seanad". Seanad Debates. Vol. 21 No. 5.

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