Members of the 22nd Seanad
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This is a list of the members of the 22nd Seanad Éireann
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, the upper house
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of the Oireachtas
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(legislature) of Ireland
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. These Senators were elected or appointed in 2002, after the 2002 general election
Irish general election, 2002
The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday, 17 May 2002 just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern...
and served until the close of poll for the 23rd Seanad at the end of July 2007.
Composition of the 22nd Seanad
There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the Vocational Panels, 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.The following table shows the composition by party when the 22nd Seanad first met on 12 September 2002.
| Administrative Panel | Agricultural Panel | Cultural and Educational Panel | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour Panel | National University of Ireland National University of Ireland (constituency) National University of Ireland is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, through which graduates of the National University of Ireland have elected members of various legislative bodies including currently Seanad Éireann.-Summary:... |
University of Dublin | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál... |
4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | ||
| Fine Gael Fine Gael Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000... |
2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Labour Party Labour Party (Ireland) The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. The Labour Party was founded in 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William X. O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress. Unlike the other main Irish... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Progressive Democrats Progressive Democrats The Progressive Democrats , commonly known as the PDs, was a pro-free market liberal political party in the Republic of Ireland.Launched on 21 December 1985 by Desmond O'Malley and other politicians who had split from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the Progressive Democrats took liberal positions on... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | ||
Effect of changes
| Party | 20021 | May 20072 | July 20073 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál... |
30 | 27 | 24 | |
| Fine Gael Fine Gael Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000... |
15 | 15 | 9 | |
| Labour Party Labour Party (Ireland) The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. The Labour Party was founded in 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William X. O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress. Unlike the other main Irish... |
5 | 5 | 4 | |
| Progressive Democrats Progressive Democrats The Progressive Democrats , commonly known as the PDs, was a pro-free market liberal political party in the Republic of Ireland.Launched on 21 December 1985 by Desmond O'Malley and other politicians who had split from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the Progressive Democrats took liberal positions on... |
4 | 5 | 5 | |
| Independents | 6 | 8 | 8 | |
| Vacant | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 60 | |||
Notes
- ^ The 2002 column refers to the state of parties when 22nd Seanad first met in 2002
- ^ The May 2007 column refers to the state of parties immediately prior to the 2007 Dáil election
- ^ The July 2007 column refers to the state of parties when the Seanad reassembled after the 2007 Dáil election, when 14 senators were elected to the 30th Dáil, including 4 senators who had been nominated by the Taoiseach, who were replaced by 4 new nominees.
List of senators
Changes
There were no by-electionBy-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
s to the 22nd Seanad.
The first vacancy was caused by the death of Kate Walsh
Kate Walsh (politician)
Kate Walsh was an Irish Progressive Democrats politician and community activist from Celbridge, County Kildare...
, who had been nominated by the Taoiseach and was replaced by another nominee.
Fourteen senators were elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007. Four of these had been nominated by the Taoiseach and were replaced by new nominees, but the seats of then ten elected senators remained vacant until the Seanad was dissolved. (The vacant seats were those of seats of James Bannon
James Bannon
James Bannon is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála for the Longford–Westmeath constituency.A native of Legan, County Longford, he worked as a farmer and auctioneer before entering politics....
, Ulick Burke
Ulick Burke (politician)
Ulick Burke is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. He served as a Teachta Dála for the Galway East constituency from 1997–2002 and 2007–11, and was also a Senator for three terms....
, Noel Coonan
Noel Coonan
Noel Coonan is an Irish Fine Gael politician and is currently a Teachta Dála for the Tipperary North constituency.He was elected at the 2007 general election to Dáil Éireann for Tipperary North...
, Timmy Dooley
Timmy Dooley
Timmy Dooley is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Clare constituency since 2007, and was a member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann on the Administrative Panel from 2002–07....
, Frank Feighan
Frank Feighan
Frank Feighan is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Roscommon–South Leitrim constituency since 2007. He was elected to the Dáil at the 2007 general election. He was a member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann, elected by the Administrative Panel from 2002–07.Feighan is from...
, Brian Hayes
Brian Hayes (politician)
Brian Hayes is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South West constituency and also the Minister of State at the Department of Finance.-Early life:...
, Martin Mansergh
Martin Mansergh
Martin Mansergh is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician and historian. He was a Teachta Dála for the Tipperary South constituency from May 2007 until his defeat at the general election in February 2011. He was previously a senator from 2002 to 2007.He has played a leading role in formulating...
, Joe McHugh
Joe McHugh
Joe McHugh is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Donegal North East constituency since May 2007.-Background and personal life:...
, Eamon Scanlon
Eamon Scanlon
Eamon Scanlon is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Sligo–North Leitrim constituency from 2007 to 2011.-Personal life:...
and Joanna Tuffy
Joanna Tuffy
Joanna Tuffy is an Irish Labour Party politician. She has been a Teachta Dála for the Dublin Mid West constituency since 2007....
).
See also
- Members of the 29th DáilMembers of the 29th DáilThis is a list of the members who were elected to the 29th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas of Ireland. These TDs were elected at the 2002 general election on 17 May 2002 and met on 6 June 2002. The 29th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach...
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