5th Seanad

The 5th Seanad was in office from 1944 to 1948. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1944 general election to the 12th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 6th Seanad in 1948.

5th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	18 August 1944 – 12 March 1948
Government	4th Government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Seán Goulding (FF)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Timothy O'Donovan (FG)
Leader of the Seanad	William Quirke (FF)

Cathaoirleach

On 18 August 1944, Seán Goulding (FF) was proposed by Helena Concannon (FF) and seconded by Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) for the position of Cathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.^[1]

On 25 October 1944, Timothy O'Donovan (FG) was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Patrick Baxter (CnaT) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.^[2]

Composition of the 5th 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 5th Seanad first met on 18 August 1944.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour
	Fianna Fáil	5	4	2	3	0	1	0	7	22
	Fine Gael	1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	10
	Labour Party	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	7
	Clann na Talmhan	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
	Independent	1	2	1	3	5	1	3	2	18
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
Andrew Clarkin	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Seán Goulding	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Michael Hayes	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Denis Healy	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Michael Hearne	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
James McGee	Administrative Panel		Independent
Thomas Ruane	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Baxter	Agricultural Panel		Clann na Talmhan
John Counihan	Agricultural Panel		Independent
Daniel Hogan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Edmund Horan	Agricultural Panel		Clann na Talmhan
Patrick Kehoe	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Dominick MacCabe	Agricultural Panel		Independent
William O'Callaghan	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Timothy O'Donovan	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Patrick O'Reilly	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
William Quirke	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Gerard Sweetman	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 13th Dáil at the general election on 4 February 1948[4]
Patrick Doyle	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Louis O'Dea	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Donovan	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick J. O'Reilly	Cultural and Educational Panel		Independent
James Parkinson	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael	Resigned on 31 July 1947 due to ill-health[5]
Thomas Condon	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent	Disqualified from the Seanad on 25 October 1944 by virtue of his membership of the Irish Tourist Board[6]
Daniel Corkery	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
James Crosbie	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Tadhg Crowley	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
James G. Douglas	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Luke Duffy	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour
Peter Trainor Kelly	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Seán MacEllin	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
David Madden	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 13th Dáil at the general election on 4 February 1948[4]
Frederick Summerfield	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent	Elected on 7 March 1945, replacing Thomas Condon[7]
John Butler	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Thomas Hayden	Labour Panel		Labour
Frederick Hawkins	Labour Panel		Independent	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 24 July 1946, replacing John Thomas Keane[8]
James Johnston	Labour Panel		Independent
John Thomas Keane	Labour Panel		Independent	Died on 22 May 1946[9]
Thomas Kennedy	Labour Panel		Labour	Died on 18 September 1947[10]
Sam Kyle	Labour Panel		Labour
Peter Lynch	Labour Panel		Independent
John Meighan	Labour Panel		Clann na Talmhan
Seán Ruane	Labour Panel		Independent
Michael Smyth	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 J. Ryan	National University of Ireland		Independent
Joseph Warwick Bigger	Dublin University		Independent	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 22 November 1947, replacing T. C. Kingsmill Moore[11]
William Fearon	Dublin University		Independent
Joseph Johnston	Dublin University		Independent
T. C. Kingsmill Moore	Dublin University		Independent	Appointed as a judge of the High Court on 11 June 1947[12]
Seán Campbell	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Labour
Robert Farnan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Thomas Foran	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Labour
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	Died on 30 March 1946[13]
Liam Ó Buachalla	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Pádraic Ó Máille	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Died on 19 January 1946[14]
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Nominated on 22 February 1946, replacing Pádraic Ó Máille[15]
Edward Pakenham	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Nominated on 7 November 1946, replacing William Magennis[16]
Margaret Mary Pearse	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Matthew Stafford	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil

Changes

Date	Panel	Loss		Gain		Note
25 October 1944	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent			Thomas Condon disqualified by virtue of his membership of the Irish Tourist Board[6]
7 March 1945	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Independent	Frederick Summerfield elected to replace Thomas Condon[7]
19 January 1946	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Death of Pádraic Ó Máille[14]
22 February 1946	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Independent	Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha nominated to replace Pádraic Ó Máille[15]
30 March 1946	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent			Death of William Magennis[13]
22 May 1946	Labour Panel		Independent			Death of John Thomas Keane[9][17]
24 July 1946	Labour Panel				Independent	Frederick Hawkins elected at a by-election to replace John Thomas Keane[8]
7 November 1946	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Independent	Edward Pakenham nominated to replace William Magennis[16]
11 June 1947	Dublin University		Independent			T. C. Kingsmill Moore appointed as a judge of the High Court[12][18]
31 July 1947	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael			Resignation of James Parkinson[5][19]
18 September 1947	Labour Panel		Labour			Death of Thomas Kennedy[10][19]
22 November 1947	Dublin University				Independent	Joseph Warwick Bigger elected at a by-election to replace T. C. Kingsmill Moore[11]
4 February 1948	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael			Gerard Sweetman elected to the 13th Dáil at the 1948 general election[4]
4 February 1948	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael			David Madden elected to the 13th Dáil at the 1948 general election[4]