3rd 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.

3rd Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	7 September 1938 – 14 July 1943
Government	2nd Government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Seán Gibbons (FF)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Michael Tierney (FG)
Leader of the Seanad	William Quirke (FF)

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] On 30 November 1938, Tierney was elected by a vote of 34 to 12.^[4]

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.^[5]

The following table shows the composition by party when the 3rd Seanad first met on 7 September 1938.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour
	Fianna Fáil	4	5	1	3	1	1	0	7	22
	Fine Gael	2	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	12
	Labour Party	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
	Clann na Talmhan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Independent	1	4	1	3	3	0	3	4	19
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators

• Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Name	Panel	Party		Notes
Christopher Byrne	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Desmond FitzGerald	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Michael Hayes	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Denis Healy	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
James McGee	Administrative Panel		Independent
Margaret Mary Pearse	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Thomas Ruane	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Baxter	Agricultural Panel		Clann na Talmhan
Neal Blaney	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Michael Colbert	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
John Counihan	Agricultural Panel		Independent
Seán Gibbons	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kehoe	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Dominick MacCabe	Agricultural Panel		Independent
Ross McGillycuddy	Agricultural Panel		Independent
William O'Callaghan	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Martin O'Dwyer	Agricultural Panel		Independent
William Quirke	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
James Crosbie	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Thomas Delany	Cultural and Educational Panel		Independent	Died on 9 July 1939[6]
Patrick Doyle	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Seán O'Donovan	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
James Parkinson	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Thomas J. O'Connell	Cultural and Educational Panel		Labour
Joseph Brennan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Martin Conlon	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Daniel Corkery	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
James G. Douglas	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Seán Goulding	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Peter Trainor Kelly	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Seán MacEllin	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
John MacLoughlin	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
David Madden	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
John Butler	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Seán Campbell	Labour Panel		Labour
William Cummins	Labour Panel		Labour
Thomas Foran	Labour Panel		Labour
Frederick Hawkins	Labour Panel		Independent
Seán Hayes	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hogan	Labour Panel		Labour
James Johnston	Labour Panel		Independent
Eamonn Lynch	Labour Panel		Labour
Peter Lynch	Labour Panel		Independent
James Tunney	Labour Panel		Labour
Henry Barniville	National University of Ireland		Fine Gael
Helena Concannon	National University of Ireland		Fianna Fáil
Michael Tierney	National University of Ireland		Fine Gael
Ernest Alton	Dublin University		Independent
Joseph Johnston	Dublin University		Independent
Robert Rowlette	Dublin University		Independent
Robert Farnan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
T. V. Honan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Sir John Keane	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Margaret L. Kennedy	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Keohane	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Died on 4 December 1939[7]
Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Died on 1 July 1942[8]
William Magennis	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Frank MacDermot	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Maurice George Moore	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Died on 8 September 1939[9]
David Robinson	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Matthew Stafford	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Liam Ó Buachalla	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 7 October 1939 to replace Maurice George Moore[10]
Laurence O'Neill	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Nominated on 2 January 1940 to replace Patrick Keohane[11]
Pádraic Ó Máille	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 22 July 1942 to replace Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich[12]

Changes

Date	Panel	Loss		Gain		Note
9 July 1939	Cultural and Educational Panel		Independent			Death of Thomas Delany[6]
8 September 1939	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent			Death of Maurice George Moore[9]
7 October 1939	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Liam Ó Buachalla nominated to replace Maurice George Moore[10]
4 December 1939	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent			Death of Patrick Keohane[7]
2 January 1940	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Independent	Laurence O'Neill nominated to replace Patrick Keohane[11]
22 January 1941	Cultural and Educational Panel				Labour	Thomas J. O'Connell elected at a by-election to replace Thomas Delany[13]
1 July 1942	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent			Death of Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich[8]
22 July 1942	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Pádraic Ó Máille nominated to replace Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich[12]
23 June 1943	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil			Christopher Byrne elected to the 11th Dáil at the 1943 general election[14]
23 June 1943	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil			Neal Blaney elected to the 11th Dáil at the 1943 general election[14]
23 June 1943	Labour Panel		Labour			Patrick Hogan elected to the 11th Dáil at the 1943 general election[14]
23 June 1943	Labour Panel		Labour			James Tunney elected to the 11th Dáil at the 1943 general election[14]