| 9th Seanad | |||||
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| Legislative body | Seanad Éireann | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||
| Term | 22 May 1957 – 1 September 1961 | ||||
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| Members | 60 | ||||
| Cathaoirleach | Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) | ||||
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| Leader of the Seanad | Thomas Mullins (FF) | ||||
The 9th Seanad was in office from 1957 to 1961. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (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.
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 9th Seanad first met on 22 May 1957.
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Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||
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| Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | ||
| Fine Gael | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Clann na Talmhan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | ||
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