# 11th Seanad

The 11th Seanad was in office from 1965 to 1969. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1965 general election to the 18th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 12th Seanad in 1969.

## Composition of the 11th 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 11th Seanad first met on 23 June 1965.
| OriginParty | OriginParty | Vocational panels | Vocational panels | Vocational panels | Vocational panels | Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | Total |
| OriginParty | OriginParty | Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | Total |
| | Fianna Fáil | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | |
| | Fine Gael | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| | Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Total | Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | |

## Cathaoirleach

On 23 June 1965, Liam Ó Buachalla (FF), the outgoing Cathaoirleach, was proposed again for the position by Thomas Mullins (FF) and seconded by Kit Ahern (FF). He was elected unopposed.
On 30 June 1965, in the election for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach, James Dooge (FG) was proposed by Ben O'Quigley (FG) and seconded by Denis J. O'Sullivan (FG). Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) was proposed by Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) and seconded by Patrick Crowley. Dooge was elected by a vote of 18 to 6, with Fianna Fáil abstaining.

## List of senators

* Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
| Name | Panel | Party | Notes |
| Liam Ahern | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Kieran Egan | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Patrick Fitzsimons | Administrative Panel | Independent | |
| Jack McQuillan | Administrative Panel | Labour | Lost Labour whip in 1968 |
| Patrick O'Reilly | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to the 19th Dáil at the general election on 18 June 1969 |
| Éamon Rooney | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Patrick Teehan | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Jack Fitzgerald | Agricultural Panel | Labour | |
| Patrick Malone | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| John Mannion | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| James Martin | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Charles McDonald | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Patrick McGowan | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Patrick O'Reilly | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Timothy O'Sullivan | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Micheál Prendergast | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Patrick W. Ryan | Agricultural Panel | Independent | |
| William Ryan | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Timothy McAuliffe | Cultural and Educational Panel | Labour | |
| John J. Nash | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Liam Ó Buachalla | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | Cathaoirleach |
| Michael O'Kennedy | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to the 19th Dáil at the general election on 18 June 1969 |
| Ben O'Quigley | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Died on 29 May 1969 |
| John J. Brennan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| John Conlan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to the 19th Dáil at the general election on 18 June 1969 |
| Mary Davidson | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour | |
| Garret FitzGerald | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to the 19th Dáil at the general election on 18 June 1969 |
| Thomas Flanagan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | |
| Dermot Honan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Bernard McGlinchey | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Denis J. O'Sullivan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Eoin Ryan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Seán Brosnahan | Labour Panel | Independent | |
| Seán Browne | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to the 19th Dáil at the general election on 18 June 1969 |
| Victor Carton | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Patrick Crowley | Labour Panel | Labour | |
| Séamus Dolan | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| James Dooge | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Joseph Farrell | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Mark Killilea | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Vincent McHugh | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Dominick Murphy | Labour Panel | Labour | |
| John Ormonde | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Bryan Alton | National University of Ireland | Independent | |
| Dónall Ó Conalláin | National University of Ireland | Independent | |
| Patrick Quinlan | National University of Ireland | Independent | |
| William J. E. Jessop | Dublin University | Independent | |
| Owen Sheehy-Skeffington | Dublin University | Independent | |
| William Bedell Stanford | Dublin University | Independent | |
| Kit Ahern | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| Gerald Boland | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| John Copeland Cole | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | |
| Joseph Lenehan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Elected to the 19th Dáil at the general election on 18 June 1969 |
| Farrell McElgunn | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 21 November 1968, replacing Margaret Mary Pearse |
| Thomas Mullins | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Leader of the Seanad |
| Nora Connolly O'Brien | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | |
| Seán O'Donovan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| Margaret Mary Pearse | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Died on 7 November 1968 |
| James Ryan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| William Sheldon | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | |
| Michael Yeats | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |

## Changes

| Date | Panel | Loss | Gain | Note |
| April 1968 | Administrative Panel | Labour | Independent | Jack McQuillan lost the Labour whip |
| 7 November 1968 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Margaret Mary Pearse |
| 21 November 1968 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | Farrell McElgunn nominated to replace Margaret Mary Pearse |
| 29 May 1969 | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | | Death of Ben O'Quigley |
| 18 June 1969 | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | | Patrick O'Reilly elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election |
| 18 June 1969 | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | | Michael O'Kennedy elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election |
| 18 June 1969 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | | John Conlan elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election |
| 18 June 1969 | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | | Seán Browne elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election |
| 18 June 1969 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | | Joseph Lenehan elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election |