| 10th Seanad | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Seanad Éireann | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||
| Term | 14 December 1961 – 28 July 1965 | ||||
| Government | 10th government of Ireland | ||||
| Members | 60 | ||||
| Cathaoirleach | Liam Ó Buachalla (FG) | ||||
| Leas-Chathaoirleach | Patrick Lindsay (FG) | ||||
| Leader of the Seanad | Thomas Mullins (FF) | ||||
The 10th Seanad was in office from 1961 to 1965. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1961 general election to the 19th Dáil. The senators served until the close of the poll for the 11th Seanad in 1965.
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 10th Seanad first met on 14 December 1961.
Origin Party |
Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||
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| Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | ||
| Fine Gael | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | ||
| Date | Panel | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
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| 5 April 1963 | Agricultural Panel | Independent | Death of John Donnelly Sheridan[3] | |||
| 26 June 1963 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | Death of Daniel Moloney[5] | |||
| 28 November 1963 | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | Batt Donegan elected at a by-election to replace John Donnelly Sheridan[2] | |||
| 28 November 1963 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | John Costelloe elected at a by-election to replace Daniel Moloney[4] | |||
| 19 November 1964 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | Death of Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[7] | |||
| 25 November 1964 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Kit Ahern nominated to replace Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[6] | |||
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