3rd Seanad | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Seanad Éireann | ||||
Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||
Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||
Term | 7 September 1938 – 14 July 1943 | ||||
Government | 2nd Government of Ireland | ||||
Members | 60 | ||||
Cathaoirleach | Seán Gibbons ( FF) | ||||
Leas-Chathaoirleach | Michael Tierney ( FG) | ||||
Leader of the Seanad | William Quirke (FF) |
The 3rd Seanad was in office from 1938 to 1943. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1938 general election to the 10th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 4th Seanad in 1943.
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. [1]
The following table shows the composition by party when the 3rd Seanad first met on 7 September 1938.
Origin Party
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Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||
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Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | ||
Fine Gael | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Independent | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | ||
Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 |