4th Seanad

The 4th Seanad was in office from 1943 to 1944. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1944 general election to the 11th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 5th Seanad in 1944.

4th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	8 September 1943 – 5 July 1944
Government	3rd Government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Seán Goulding (FF)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Michael Tierney (FG)
Leader of the Seanad	William Quirke (FF)

Cathaoirleach

On 8 September 1943, Seán Goulding (FF) was proposed by Seán Gibbons (FF), the outgoing Cathaoirleach, and seconded by Helena Concannon (FF) for the position of Cathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.^[1]

On 27 October 1943, Michael Tierney (FG) was proposed by Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab) and seconded by Henry Barniville (FG) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.^[2]

Composition of the 4th 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.^[3]

The following table shows the composition by party when the 4th Seanad first met on 8 September 1943.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour
	Fianna Fáil	3	6	1	3	0	1	0	8	22
	Fine Gael	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	11
	Labour Party	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	6
	Clann na Talmhan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Independent	2	3	1	4	5	0	3	2	20
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
Joseph Hannigan	Administrative Panel		Independent
Michael Hayes	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Denis Healy	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Michael Hearne	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
James McGee	Administrative Panel		Independent
Edward Monahan	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Richard Walsh	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Baxter	Agricultural Panel		Clann na Talmhan
Michael Colbert	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 12th Dáil at the general election on 30 May 1944[4]
John Counihan	Agricultural Panel		Independent
Seán Gibbons	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Daniel Hogan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kehoe	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Peter Lynch	Agricultural Panel		Independent
Dominick MacCabe	Agricultural Panel		Independent
William Quirke	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Gerard Sweetman	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Thomas Walsh	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Doyle	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Thomas J. O'Connell	Cultural and Educational Panel		Labour
Seán O'Donovan	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Donal O'Sullivan	Cultural and Educational Panel		Independent
James Parkinson	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Joseph Brennan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Daniel Corkery	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
James Crosbie	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Seán Goulding	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Peter Trainor Kelly	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
David Madden	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
John Maguire	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Frank O'Beirne	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
John Butler	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Michael Colgan	Labour Panel		Independent
Thomas Foran	Labour Panel		Labour
Frederick Hawkins	Labour Panel		Independent
Thomas Hayden	Labour Panel		Labour
James Johnston	Labour Panel		Independent
Thomas Kennedy	Labour Panel		Labour
Sam Kyle	Labour Panel		Labour
Richard Mulcahy	Labour Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 12th Dáil at the general election on 30 May 1944[4]
Seán Ruane	Labour Panel		Independent
Michael Smyth	Labour Panel		Independent
Henry Barniville	National University of Ireland		Fine Gael
Helena Concannon	National University of Ireland		Fianna Fáil
Michael Tierney	National University of Ireland		Fine Gael
William Fearon	Dublin University		Independent
T. C. Kingsmill Moore	Dublin University		Independent
Robert Rowlette	Dublin University		Independent
Seán Campbell	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Labour
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
William Magennis	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Liam Ó Buachalla	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Pádraic Ó Máille	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Peter O'Loghlen	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 12th Dáil at the general election on 30 May 1944[4]
Margaret Mary Pearse	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Matthew Stafford	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil

Changes

Date	Panel	Loss		Gain		Note
30 May 1944	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil			Michael Colbert elected to the 12th Dáil at the 1944 general election[4]
30 May 1944	Labour Panel		Fine Gael			Richard Mulcahy elected to the 12th Dáil at the 1944 general election[4]
30 May 1944	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Peter O'Loghlen elected to the 12th Dáil at the 1944 general election[4]