9th Seanad

The 9th Seanad was in office from 1957 to 1961. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1957 general election to the 16th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 10th Seanad in 1961.

9th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	22 May 1957 – 1 September 1961
Government	8th government of Ireland (1957–1959) 9th government of Ireland (1959–1961)
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Liam Ó Buachalla (FF)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) (1957–1959) John O'Donovan (FG) (1959–1961)
Leader of the Seanad	Thomas Mullins (FF)

On 16 May 1957, Seán Moylan was appointed as Minister for Agriculture.^[1] He was the first senator appointed as a minister since the adoption of the Constitution of Ireland in 1937. Moyland died on 16 November 1957.^[2]

Cathaoirleach

On 22 May 1957, Liam Ó Buachalla (FF), Leas-Chathaoirleach of the 8th Seanad, was proposed by Eamon Kissane (FF) and seconded by Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) for the position of Cathaoirleach. Patrick Baxter (CnaT), Cathaoirleach of the 8th Seanad, was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Victor Carton (FG). Ó Buachalla was elected by a vote of 32 to 22.^[3]

On 29 May 1957, Patrick Baxter was proposed by Michael Hayes and seconded by Edward McGuire (Ind) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.^[4]

Patrick Baxter died on 3 April 1959.^[5] On 30 May 1959, John O'Donovan (FG) was proposed by Michael Hayes and seconded by Edward McGuire to succeed Baxter. He was elected unopposed.^[6]

Composition of the 9th 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.^[7]

The following table shows the composition by party when the 9th Seanad first met on 22 May 1957.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour
	Fianna Fáil	2	4	2	3	5	0	0	9	25
	Fine Gael	3	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	16
	Labour Party	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	5
	Clann na Talmhan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Independent	1	1	0	2	2	2	3	2	13
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
John J. Brennan	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 9 February 1960, replacing John O'Leary[8]
Patrick Connor	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Gerard B. Dillon	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 1 November 1960, replacing Patrick Teehan[9]
Patrick Fitzsimons	Administrative Panel		Independent
Gerry L'Estrange	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
John O'Leary	Administrative Panel		Labour	Died on 21 June 1959[10]
John L. O'Sullivan	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Thomas Ruane	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Teehan	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 16th Dáil at a by-election on 23 June 1960[11]
Patrick Baxter	Agricultural Panel		Clann na Talmhan	Died on 3 April 1959[5]
Patrick Crowe	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Paddy Donegan	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Daniel Hogan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Robert Lahiffe	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
William O'Callaghan	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Martin O'Dwyer	Agricultural Panel		Independent	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 9 February 1960, replacing Patrick Baxter[8]
Patrick O'Reilly	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Timothy O'Sullivan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Micheál Prendergast	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
John Donnelly Sheridan	Agricultural Panel		Independent
James Tunney	Agricultural Panel		Labour
Anthony Barry	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Michael Hayes	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Eamon Kissane	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Liam Ó Buachalla	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
John O'Donovan	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Denis Burke	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Tadhg Crowley	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Mary Davidson	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour
Jane Dowdall	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Peter Lynch	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Edward McGuire	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
James O'Keeffe	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Joseph Roddy	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Liam Ahern	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Edward Browne	Labour Panel		Independent	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 1 November 1960, replacing Frank Purcell[9]
Frank Carter	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Victor Carton	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Harry Colley	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Crowley	Labour Panel		Labour
Seán Hayes	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Dominick Murphy	Labour Panel		Labour
Ben O'Quigley	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Frank Purcell	Labour Panel		Independent	Died on 2 April 1960[12]
Eoin Ryan	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Joe Sheridan	Labour Panel		Independent
Henry Barniville	National University of Ireland		Fine Gael	Died on 23 September 1960[13]
George O'Brien	National University of Ireland		Independent
Patrick Quinlan	National University of Ireland		Independent
William Fearon	Dublin University		Independent	Died on 27 December 1959[14]
William J. E. Jessop	Dublin University		Independent	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 13 May 1960, replacing William Fearon[15]
Owen Sheehy-Skeffington	Dublin University		Independent
William Bedell Stanford	Dublin University		Independent
Seán Brady	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
John Copeland Cole	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Robert Farnan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Seán Moylan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Died on 16 November 1957[2]
Thomas Mullins	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Nora Connolly O'Brien	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Seán O'Donovan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Grady	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Margaret Mary Pearse	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Laurence Walsh	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Louis Walsh	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Nominated on 20 January 1958, replacing Seán Moylan[16]

Changes

Date	Panel	Loss		Gain		Note
16 November 1957	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Death of Seán Moylan[2]
20 January 1958	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Independent	Louis Walsh nominated to succeed Seán Moylan[16]
3 April 1959	Agricultural Panel		Clann na Talmhan			Death of Patrick Baxter[5]
21 June 1959	Administrative Panel		Labour			Death of John O'Leary[10]
27 December 1959	Dublin University		Independent			Death of William Fearon[14]
9 February 1960	Administrative Panel				Fianna Fáil	John J. Brennan elected at a by-election to succeed John O'Leary[17][8]
9 February 1960	Agricultural Panel				Independent	Martin O'Dwyer elected at a by-election to succeed Patrick Baxter[17][8]
2 April 1960	Labour Panel		Independent			Death of Frank Purcell[12]
13 May 1960	Dublin University				Independent	William J. E. Jessop elected at a by-election to succeed William Fearon[18][15]
23 June 1960	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil			Patrick Teehan elected to the 16th Dáil at a by-election[11]
23 September 1960	National University		Fine Gael			Death of Henry Barniville[13]
1 November 1960	Administrative Panel				Fianna Fáil	Gerard B. Dillon elected at a by-election to succeed Patrick Teehan[19][9]
1 November 1960	Labour Panel				Independent	Edward Browne elected at a by-election to succeed Frank Purcell[19][9]