19th Seanad (original) (raw)

Members of the Seanad from 1989 to 1993

19th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	1 November 1989 – 17 December 1992
Government	21st government of Ireland (1989–1992)22nd government of Ireland (1992–1993)
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Seán Doherty (FF)(1989–1992)Seán Fallon (FF)(1992–1993)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Liam Naughten (FG)
Leader of the Seanad	Mick Lanigan (FF) (1987–1990)Seán Fallon (FF) (1990–1992)G. V. Wright (FF) (1992–1993)

The 19th Seanad was in office from 1989 to 1993. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1989 general election to the 26th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 20th Seanad in 1993.

Cathaoirleach

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On 1 November 1989, Seán Doherty (FF) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Mick Lanigan (FF) and seconded by Patrick McGowan (FF). Avril Doyle (FG) was proposed by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by Charles McDonald (FG). John A. Murphy (Ind) was nominated by David Norris (Ind) and seconded by Brendan Ryan (Ind). Doherty was elected by a vote of 32 to 25.[1]

On 8 November 1989, Liam Naughten (FG) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by Myles Staunton (FG) and seconded by Pól Ó Foighil (FG). Jack Harte (Lab) was proposed by Pat Upton (Lab) and seconded by Joe Costello (Lab). Naughten was elected by a vote of 15 to 10.[2]

On 22 January 1992, Doherty resigned as Cathaoirleach after comments he made in relation to the phone tapping scandal, which would lead to the resignation of Charles Haughey as taoiseach on 11 February.[3] On 23 January, Seán Fallon (FF) was proposed by G. V. Wright (FF) and seconded by Tras Honan (FF). He was elected without a division.[4] Fallon won a contest against Des Hanafin, Tras Honan and Willie Farrell to be the Fianna Fáil nominee for the post.[5]

Composition of the 19th Seanad

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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 19th Seanad first met on 1 November 1989.

| OriginParty | Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | - | - | -- | ------ | | | Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | | | | | | | | | Fianna Fáil | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 | | | | Fine Gael | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | | | | Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | | | Progressive Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | | | Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | |

List of senators

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• Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Changes

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Sources

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• "19th Seanad". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
• "19th Seanad". Oireachtas Debates. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

References

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1. ^ "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 123 No. 1. 1 November 1989.
2. ^ "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 123 No. 2. 8 November 1989.
3. ^ "Resignation of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 131 No. 1. 22 January 1992. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
4. ^ "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 131 No. 2. 23 January 1992. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
5. ^ "Fallon beats Hanafin in secret ballot for chair". The Irish Times. 24 January 1992. p. 8.
6. ^ 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 ae af ag ah "Business of Seanad". Seanad Debates – Vol. 134 No. 11. 17 December 1992.