7th Seanad

The 7th Seanad was in office from 1951 to 1954. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1951 general election to the 14th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 8th Seanad in 1954.

Composition of the 7th 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 7th Seanad first met on 14 August 1951.