The 9th Seanad was in office from 1957 to 1961. 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 1957 general election to the 16th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 10th Seanad in 1961. On 16 May 1957,

Seán Moylan Seán Moylan (19 November 1889 – 16 November 1957) was a senior officer of the Irish Republican Army and later a Fianna Fáil politician. He served as Minister for Agriculture from May 1957 to November 1957, Minister for Education from 1951 ...

was appointed as

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. He was the first senator appointed as a minister since the adoption of the

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in 1937. Moyland died on 16 November 1957.

Cathaoirleach

On 22 May 1957,

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), Leas-Chathaoirleach of the 8th Seanad, was proposed by

Eamon Kissane Eamon Kissane (13 January 1899 – 20 May 1979) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence from 1943 to 1948, and Parliamentary Secretary ...

(FF) and seconded by

Margaret Mary Pearse Margaret Mary Pearse (4 August 1878 – 7 November 1968) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and teacher. She was the sister of Patrick Pearse, Patrick and Willie Pearse, two of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. Early life Margaret Mary ...

(FF) for the position of

Cathaoirleach Cathaoirleach (; Irish language, Irish for Chair (officer), chairperson; plural: ) is the title of the chair (or speaker (politics), presiding officer) of Seanad Éireann, the sixty-member upper house of the Oireachtas, the legislature of Repub ...

. 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. On 29 May 1957, Patrick Baxter was proposed by Michael Hayes and seconded by Edward McGuire (

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) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed. Patrick Baxter died on 3 April 1959. 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.

Composition of the 9th 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 9th Seanad first met on 22 May 1957.

Cathaoirleach

Composition of the 9th Seanad

List of senators

Changes

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