The 7th Seanad was in office from 1951 to 1954. An election to

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann ( ; ; "Senate of Ireland") is the senate of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (defined as the house of representatives). It is commonly called the Seanad or ...

, the

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of the

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(Irish parliament), followed the 1951 general election to the

14th Dáil The 14th Dáil was elected at the 1951 Irish general election, 1951 general election on 30 May 1951 and met on 13 June 1951. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Republic of Ireland, Ire ...

. The senators served until the close of poll for the

8th Seanad The 8th Seanad was in office from 1954 to 1957. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1954 general election to the 15th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 9th Seana ...

in 1954.

Cathaoirleach

On 14 August 1951,

Liam Ó Buachalla Liam Ó Buachalla (10 April 1899 – 15 October 1970) was a Fianna Fáil politician from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. He was active as a financial expert in the Irish War of Independence. He was a Seanad Éireann, Senator from 1939 to 1969, ...

( FF), was proposed by

Seán Goulding Seán Goulding (1877 – 15 December 1959) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A company director, he was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1927 to 1937, then a senator from 1938 to 1954, serving as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1943 to 1948. ...

(FF) and seconded by

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(FF) for the position of

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. He was elected unopposed. On 7 November 1951,

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( FG), Cathaoirleach of the

6th Seanad The 6th Seanad was in office from 1948 to 1951. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1948 general election to the 13th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 7th Sea ...

, was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (

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) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.

Composition of the 7th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five

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s, 6 were elected from two

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and 11 were

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. The following table shows the composition by party when the 7th Seanad first met on 14 August 1951.

Cathaoirleach

Composition of the 7th Seanad

List of senators

Changes

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