# 5th Seanad

The 5th Seanad was in office from 1944 to 1948. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1944 general election to the 12th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 6th Seanad in 1948.

## Cathaoirleach

On 18 August 1944, Seán Goulding (FF) was proposed by Helena Concannon (FF) and seconded by Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) for the position of Cathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.
On 25 October 1944, Timothy O'Donovan (FG) was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Patrick Baxter (CnaT) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.

## Composition of the 5th 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 5th Seanad first met on 18 August 1944.
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | |
| | Fine Gael | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| | Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| | Clann na Talmhan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| | Independent | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |
| Total | 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 |
| Andrew Clarkin | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Seán Goulding | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Michael Hayes | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Denis Healy | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Michael Hearne | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| James McGee | Administrative Panel | Independent | |
| Thomas Ruane | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Patrick Baxter | Agricultural Panel | Clann na Talmhan | |
| John Counihan | Agricultural Panel | Independent | |
| Daniel Hogan | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Edmund Horan | Agricultural Panel | Clann na Talmhan | |
| Patrick Kehoe | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Dominick MacCabe | Agricultural Panel | Independent | |
| William O'Callaghan | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Timothy O'Donovan | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Patrick O'Reilly | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| William Quirke | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Gerard Sweetman | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 13th Dáil at the general election on 4 February 1948 |
| Patrick Doyle | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Louis O'Dea | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Seán O'Donovan | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Patrick J. O'Reilly | Cultural and Educational Panel | Independent | |
| James Parkinson | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Resigned on 31 July 1947 due to ill-health |
| Thomas Condon | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | Disqualified from the Seanad on 25 October 1944 by virtue of his membership of the Irish Tourist Board |
| Daniel Corkery | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| James Crosbie | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Tadhg Crowley | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| James G. Douglas | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | |
| Luke Duffy | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour | |
| Peter Trainor Kelly | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | |
| Seán MacEllin | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| David Madden | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 13th Dáil at the general election on 4 February 1948 |
| Frederick Summerfield | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | Elected on 7 March 1945, replacing Thomas Condon |
| John Butler | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Thomas Hayden | Labour Panel | Labour | |
| Frederick Hawkins | Labour Panel | Independent | Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 24 July 1946, replacing John Thomas Keane |
| James Johnston | Labour Panel | Independent | |
| John Thomas Keane | Labour Panel | Independent | Died on 22 May 1946 |
| Thomas Kennedy | Labour Panel | Labour | Died on 18 September 1947 |
| Sam Kyle | Labour Panel | Labour | |
| Peter Lynch | Labour Panel | Independent | |
| John Meighan | Labour Panel | Clann na Talmhan | |
| Seán Ruane | Labour Panel | Independent | |
| Michael Smyth | Labour Panel | Independent | |
| James Tunney | Labour Panel | Labour | |
| Henry Barniville | National University of Ireland | Fine Gael | |
| Helena Concannon | National University of Ireland | Fianna Fáil | |
| Michael J. Ryan | National University of Ireland | Independent | |
| Joseph Warwick Bigger | Dublin University | Independent | Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 22 November 1947, replacing T. C. Kingsmill Moore |
| William Fearon | Dublin University | Independent | |
| Joseph Johnston | Dublin University | Independent | |
| T. C. Kingsmill Moore | Dublin University | Independent | Appointed as a judge of the High Court on 11 June 1947 |
| Seán Campbell | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Labour | |
| Robert Farnan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| Thomas Foran | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Labour | |
| T. V. Honan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| Sir John Keane | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | |
| Margaret L. Kennedy | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| William Magennis | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | Died on 30 March 1946 |
| Liam Ó Buachalla | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| Pádraic Ó Máille | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Died on 19 January 1946 |
| Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | Nominated on 22 February 1946, replacing Pádraic Ó Máille |
| Edward Pakenham | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | Nominated on 7 November 1946, replacing William Magennis |
| Margaret Mary Pearse | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| Matthew Stafford | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |

## Changes

| Date | Panel | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 25 October 1944 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | | Thomas Condon disqualified by virtue of his membership of the Irish Tourist Board |
| 7 March 1945 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Independent | Frederick Summerfield elected to replace Thomas Condon |
| 19 January 1946 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Pádraic Ó Máille |
| 22 February 1946 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha nominated to replace Pádraic Ó Máille |
| 30 March 1946 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | | Death of William Magennis |
| 22 May 1946 | Labour Panel | Independent | | Death of John Thomas Keane |
| 24 July 1946 | Labour Panel | | Independent | Frederick Hawkins elected at a by-election to replace John Thomas Keane |
| 7 November 1946 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | Edward Pakenham nominated to replace William Magennis |
| 11 June 1947 | Dublin University | Independent | | T. C. Kingsmill Moore appointed as a judge of the High Court |
| 31 July 1947 | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | | Resignation of James Parkinson |
| 18 September 1947 | Labour Panel | Labour | | Death of Thomas Kennedy |
| 22 November 1947 | Dublin University | | Independent | Joseph Warwick Bigger elected at a by-election to replace T. C. Kingsmill Moore |
| 4 February 1948 | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | | Gerard Sweetman elected to the 13th Dáil at the 1948 general election |
| 4 February 1948 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | | David Madden elected to the 13th Dáil at the 1948 general election |