8th Seanad

The 8th Seanad was in office from 1954 to 1957. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1954 general election to the 15th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 9th Seanad in 1957.

Composition of the 8th 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 8th Seanad first met on 22 July 1954.