14th Seanad
Members of the Seanad from 1977 to 1981
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Seanad Éireann | ||||
Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||
Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||
Term | 27 October 1977 – 16 July 1981 | ||||
Government |
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Members | 60 | ||||
Cathaoirleach | Séamus Dolan (FF) | ||||
Leas-Chathaoirleach | Joe McCartin (FG) | ||||
Leader of the Seanad | Eoin Ryan |
The 14th Seanad was in office from 1977 to 1981. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1977 general election to the 21st Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 15th Seanad in 1981.
Composition of the 14th 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.
The following table shows the composition by party when the 14th Seanad first met on 27 October 1977.
Origin Party | Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||
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Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | ||
Fine Gael | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Labour Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
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 | |
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Liam Burke | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 21st Dáil at a by-election on 6 November 1979[1] | |
Micheál Cranitch | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Jack Garrett | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | Died on 11 September 1977[2] | |
Tras Honan | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Thomas Kilbride | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Michael P. Kitt | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Myles Staunton | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Michael Donnelly | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 7 December 1977, following the death of Jack Garrett[4] | |
Jim Doolan | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to Seanad at a by-election in April 1980, following the election of Liam Burke to the Dáil[5] | |
Pierce Butler | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Paul Connaughton | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
John Ellis | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Justin Keating | Agricultural Panel | Labour | ||
Rory Kiely | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Gerard Lynch | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Joe McCartin | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | Elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach on 2 November 1977[6] Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Charles McDonald | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Patrick McGowan | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Martin O'Toole | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
William Ryan | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Richard Conroy | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Patrick Cooney | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Flor Crowley | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Timothy McAuliffe | Cultural and Educational Panel | Labour | ||
David Molony | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Ruairí Brugha | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Alexis FitzGerald | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Desmond Governey | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Michael Howard | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Liam Hyland | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Mick Lanigan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Michael Moynihan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Patrick J. Reynolds | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Eoin Ryan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
John Blennerhassett | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Séamus Dolan | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected as Cathaoirleach on 27 October 1977[6] | |
Joseph Dowling | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Des Hanafin | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Jack Harte | Labour Panel | Labour | ||
Tony Herbert | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Brian Hillery | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
Fintan Kennedy | Labour Panel | Labour | ||
Michael Lyons | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Bernard Markey | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Andy O'Brien | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | ||
Gemma Hussey | National University of Ireland | Independent | ||
Augustine Martin | National University of Ireland | Independent | ||
John A. Murphy | National University of Ireland | Independent | ||
Conor Cruise O'Brien | Dublin University | Independent | Resigned from the Seanad on 13 June 1979[7] | |
Catherine McGuinness | Dublin University | Independent | Elected at a by-election on 11 December 1979, following the resignation of Conor Cruise O'Brien[8] | |
Mary Robinson | Dublin University | Labour | ||
Trevor West | Dublin University | Independent | ||
Séamus Brennan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Séamus de Brún | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Eileen Cassidy | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Valerie Goulding | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Mary Harney | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3] | |
Valentine Jago | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Gordon Lambert | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | ||
P. J. Mara | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 16 July 1981 to fill vacancy after 1981 general election[9] | |
Bernard McGlinchey | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Noel Mulcahy | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
Joseph O'Neill | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 16 July 1981 to fill vacancy after 1981 general election[9] | |
Jim Ruttle | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 20 June 1980 to fill vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Yeats[10] | |
T. K. Whitaker | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | ||
Michael Yeats | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Resigned from the Seanad on 12 March 1980[11] |
Changes
Sources
- "14th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- "14th Seanad". Oireachtas Debates.
- "Senate election results". The Irish Times. 20 August 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- "Taoiseach takes chance with FF majority in Senate". The Irish Times. 26 August 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- "Taoiseach's Senate nominees join Fianna Fáil". The Irish Times. 20 October 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
Two senators who were nominated by the Taoiseach, Lady Valerie Goulding and Mrs. Eileen Cassidy, have joined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party
Notes and references
- ^ a b "Mr. Liam Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Mr. Jack Garrett". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 95, 17 June 1981: Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 87, 7 December 1977: Administrative Panel". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 30 April 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 94, 16 April 1980: Election of Member". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 87, 27 October 1977: Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Ms. Catherine McGuinness". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 95, 16 July 1981: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 94, 24 June 1980: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 93, 12 March 1980: Resignation of Member". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
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