This is a list of the members of the 2nd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the

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(legislature) of Ireland. These

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s were elected or appointed in March 1938 and served until the close of poll for the

3rd Seanad This is a list of the members of the 3rd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. These Senate, Senators were elected or appointed in 1938, after the 1938 Irish general election, 1938 ge ...

in July 1938.

Composition of the 2nd Seanad

The

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was elected in stages and thus considered to be in permanent session, and although there were five Seanad elections held before its abolition, is considered to have been a single Seanad for the duration of its existence and is thus referred for that whole period as the First Seanad. It was abolished by the

Constitution (Amendment No. 24) Act 1936 The Constitution (Amendment No. 24) Act, 1936 ( Act no. 18 of 1936; previously Bill no. 20 of 1934) was an act of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Irish Free State which abolished Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas, which thence ...

, with its last meeting on 19 May 1936. To indicate continuity with its Free State predecessor, the first Seanad elected after 1937 is numbered as the Second Seanad. It was elected under Article 53 of the Constitution, which provided that on the coming into operation of the Constitution, which took place on 29 December 1937, a general election for the Seanad would take place as if there had been a dissolution of the Dáil. Constitution of Ireland, Article 53. 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 2nd Seanad first met on 27 April 1938.

Composition of the 2nd Seanad

List of senators

Changes

See also

References

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