18th Seanad
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Legislative body | Seanad Éireann | ||||
Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||
Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||
Term | 25 April 1987 – 5 July 1989 | ||||
Government | 20th government of Ireland | ||||
Members | 60 | ||||
Cathaoirleach | Tras Honan | ||||
Leas-Chathaoirleach | Charles McDonald | ||||
Leader of the Seanad | Mick Lanigan |
The 18th Seanad was in office from 1987 to 1989. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1987 general election to the 25th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 19th Seanad.
Composition of the 18th Seanad
[edit]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 18th Seanad first met on 25 April 1987.
Origin Party | Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||
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Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | ||
Fine Gael | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
Labour Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | ||
Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 |
List of senators
[edit]- Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
Changes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 122, 5 July 1989: Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Tras Honan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Mr. Tony Bromell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Mr. Jack Daly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 122, 5 July 1989: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
External links
[edit]- "18th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 February 2008.