Members of the 19th Seanad
This is a list of the members of the 19th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1989, after the 1989 general election and served until the close of poll for the 20th Seanad in 1993.
Composition of the 19th Seanad
There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the Vocational Panels, 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.
The following table shows the composition by party when the 19th Seanad first met on 1 October 1989.
Administrative Panel | Agricultural Panel | Cultural and Educational Panel | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour Panel | National University of Ireland | University of Dublin | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Total | |||
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Fianna Fáil | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 | ||
Fine Gael | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Progressive Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
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
Changes
See also
Sources
- "19th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
- "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 134, 17 December 1992: Business of Seanad". Oireachtas. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
…on 3 December 1992 the Taoiseach nominated Brendan Daly, Pat Farrell, Terry Leyden and Dick Roche, with their prior consent, to fill the casual vacancies in the number of nominated members of Seanad Éireann caused by the election to Dáil Éireann of Hugh Byrne, Martin Cullen, Helen Keogh and Eoin Ryan. … I also want to congratulate all the former Members of this House who were successful in the general election — as well as the four people I mentioned, the former Senators Joe Costello, Seán Doherty, Avril Doyle, Denis Foley, Seán Haughey, Éamon Ó Cuív, Batt O'Keeffe, John Ryan and Pat Upton …
References
- 1 2 "Mr. Joe Costello". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 123, 1 November 1989: Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
- 1 2 "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 131, 22 January 1992: Resignation of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
- 1 2 "Mr. Seán Doherty". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Seán Haughey". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mrs. Avril Doyle". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Dr. Pat Upton". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Éamon Ó Cuív". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Official Report (Seanad), Volume 131, 23 January 1992, Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
- 1 2 "Mr. Denis Foley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. John J. Ryan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Batt O'Keeffe". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Hugh Byrne". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Martin Cullen". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Brendan Daly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Pat Farrell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Helen Keogh". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Terry Leyden". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Dick Roche". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Mr. Eoin Ryan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ↑ "Mr. G. V. Wright". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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