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3rd Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1938 to 1943

Field	Value
name	3rd Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	7 September 1938
term_end	14 July 1943
before	[2nd Seanad](2nd-seanad)
after	[4th Seanad](4th-seanad)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1	Seán Gibbons (FF)
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	Michael Tierney (FG)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3	William Quirke (FF)
government	2nd Government of Ireland

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad) The 3rd Seanad was in office from 1938 to 1943. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1938 general election to the 10th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 4th Seanad in 1943.

Cathaoirleach

On 7 September 1938, Seán Gibbons (FF) was proposed by Helena Concannon (FF) and seconded by Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) for the position of Cathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.

On 16 November 1938, Patrick Baxter (CnaT) was proposed by John Counihan (Ind) and seconded by John Butler (FG) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. Baxter was defeated by a vote of 15 to 28. On 23 November 1938, Michael Tierney (FG) was proposed by was proposed by James G. Douglas (Ind) and seconded by Henry Barniville (FG) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. On 30 November 1938, Tierney was elected by a vote of 34 to 12.

Composition of the 3rd 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 3rd Seanad first met on 7 September 1938.

Party	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	Total
Fianna Fáil}}"	Fianna Fáil	4	5	1	3	1	1	0	7	22	Fianna Fáil}}"
Fine Gael}}"	Fine Gael	2	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	12	Fine Gael}}"
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"	Labour Party	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
Clann na Talmhan}}"	Clann na Talmhan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	Clann na Talmhan}}"
Independent politician}}"	Independent	1	4	1	3	3	0	3	4	19	Independent politician}}"

List of senators

Changes

References

(7 September 1938). "Election of Cathaoirleach – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 22 No. 1".
(16 November 1938). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 22 No. 2".
(23 November 1938). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 22 No. 3".
(23 November 1938). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (Resumed) – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 22 No. 4".
"3rd Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database.
"Seanad Éireann, Volume 23, 25 October 1939: New Senator". Houses of the Oireachtas.
"Seanad Éireann, Volume 24, 4 January 1940: New Senator Takes his Seat". Houses of the Oireachtas.
"Seanad Éireann, Volume 26, 22 July 1942: New Senator takes his seat". Houses of the Oireachtas.
(11 July 1939). "Death of a Senator – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 23 No. 3".
(4 October 1939). "Death of a Senator – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 23 No. 11".
(6 December 1939). "Death of a Senator – Seanad Éireann (3rd Seanad) – Vol. 24 No. 1".
(22 January 1941). "New Senator Takes his Seat – Seanad Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 25 No. 1".
"Seanad Éireann, Volume 26 No. 19, 1 Jul 1942: Death of Senator". Houses of the Oireachtas.
(14 July 1943). "Election to Dáil of Former Senators – Seanad Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 27 No. 27".

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