predecessor successor death_date party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
timothy o'donovan patrick baxter patrick baxter michael yeats 15 october 1970 fianna fáil cathaoirleach of seanad Éireann 1899 14 august 1951 22 may 1957 máire ní scolaí liam Ó buachalla
 22 july 1954 5 november 1969 liam Ó buachalla
liam Ó buachalla

liam Ó buachalla -lrb- 1899 -- 15 october 1970 -rrb- was a fianna fáil politician from county galway in ireland .
he was a senator from 1939 to 1969 , and was twice elected as cathaoirleach of seanad Éireann .
a professor of economics at university college galway -lrb- ucg -rrb- , Ó buachalla was nominated by the taoiseach Éamon de valera to the 3rd seanad in 1939 , to fill the vacancy caused by the death of colonel maurice moore .
he was re-appointed to the 4th seanad and to the 5th .
after fianna fáil lost power at the 1948 general election , the new fine gael taoiseach was unlikely to reappoint him , and he was elected to the 6th seanad on the cultural and educational panel .
he was re-elected five times , until he stood down at the 1969 seanad election .
he was cathaoirleach -lrb- chairman -rrb- of the seanad from 1951 to 1954 , and from 1957 to 1969 , and also served as leas-chathaoirleach -lrb- deputy chairman -rrb- from 1954 to 1957 .
his wife máire ní scolaí -lrb- died 1985 -rrb- was a notable singer of songs in irish and also an actress .
