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6th Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1948 to 1951

Field	Value
name	6th Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	21 April 1948
term_end	25 July 1951
before	[5th Seanad](5th-seanad)
after	[7th Seanad](7th-seanad)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1	Timothy O'Donovan (FG)
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	Seán Goulding (FF)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3	Michael Hayes (FG)
government	5th government of Ireland

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad) The 6th Seanad was in office from 1948 to 1951. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1948 general election to the 13th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 7th Seanad in 1951.

Cathaoirleach

On 21 April 1948, Timothy O'Donovan (FG), the outgoing Leas-Cathaoirleach, was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Luke Duffy (Lab) for the position of Cathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.

On 2 June 1948, Seán Goulding (FF), Cathaoirleach of the 5th Seanad, was proposed by William Quirke (FF) and seconded by Helena Concannon (FF) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.

Composition of the 6th 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 6th Seanad first met on 21 April 1948.

Party	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	Total
Fianna Fáil}}"	Fianna Fáil	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	13	Fianna Fáil}}"
Fine Gael}}"	Fine Gael	1	2	2	3	1	1	0	2	12	Fine Gael}}"
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"	Labour Party	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	8	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
Clann na Talmhan}}"	Clann na Talmhan	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	Clann na Talmhan}}"
Clann na Poblachta}}"	Clann na Poblachta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	Clann na Poblachta}}"
Independent politician (Ireland)}}"	Independent	2	3	0	3	5	1	3	5	22	Independent politician (Ireland)}}"

List of senators

Changes

References

(21 April 1948). "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 35 No. 1.
(2 June 1948). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach—Motion". Seanad Debates – Vol. 35 No. 2.
"6th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database.
(22 June 1949). "Resignation of a Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 36 No. 13.
(1 March 1950). "Vacancy in Seanad—Motion". Seanad Debates – Vol. 37 No. 8.
(1 March 1950). "Deaths of Senators Brennan and Campbell". Seanad Debates – Vol. 37 No. 8.
(11 April 1951). "Vacancy in Seanad Membership". Seanad Debates – Vol. 39 No. 11.
(26 April 1950). "Senator Ceases to be a Member". Seanad Debates – Vol. 37 No. 18.
(31 May 1950). "Resignation of Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 38 No. 3.
(21 June 1950). "New Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 38 No. 5.
(6 December 1950). "Resignation of Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 39 No. 1.
(27 June 1951). "Announcements by Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 39 No. 14.

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