1934 Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1934 to 1936 October 2021 October 2021 1934 Seanad Oireachtas logo.svg 100px Seanad Éireann Irish Free State Leinster House 12 December 1934 19 May 1936 1931 Seanad Abolished (1936) 2nd Seanad (1938) 60 Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (FG) Leas-Chathaoirleach Michael Comyn (FF) (1934–1936) David Robinson (FF) (1936) 7th Executive Council The 1934 Seanad was the part of the Seanad of the Irish Free State (1922–1936) in office after the 1934 Seanad election until its abolition in 1936. Elections to the Seanad, the Senate of the Oireachtas (parliament of the Irish Free State) took place on a triennial basis, with senators elected in stages. The 1934 Seanad included members elected at the 1925, 1928, 1931 and 1934 Seanad elections. It sat as a second chamber to the 8th Dáil elected at the 1933 general election. The Seanad of the Irish Free State was not numbered after every election, with the whole period later considered the First Seanad. Abolition Under the Constitution (Amendment No. 24) Act 1936, the Seanad was abolished, and for a time the Oireachtas became a unicameral legislature. The last sitting of the Seanad was on 19 May 1936, with the amendment signed on 29 May 1936. In 1937, on the adoption of the Constitution of Ireland, a new Seanad Éireann was established, with elections to follow general elections to Dáil Éireann, with each new Seanad numbered. An election to the 2nd Seanad took place in March 1938. Composition of the 1934 Seanad There were a total of 60 seats in the Free State Seanad. In 1934, 22 Senators were elected. The Seanad election in 1925 was a popular election. However, at the 1928 and subsequent elections, the franchise was restricted to Oireachtas members. 23 Senators had been elected at the 1931 Seanad election, 17 Senators had been elected at the 1928 Seanad election and 19 Senators had been elected at the 1925 Seanad election.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/wit/1934/1208/Pg009.html#Ar00900 The New Free State Senate 8 December 1934 The Irish Times subscription 19 December 2009 The following table shows the composition by party when the 1934 Seanad first met on 12 December 1934. PartySeats Fine Gael22 Fianna Fáil19 Labour Party (Ireland)7 Independent politician (Ireland)12Total60 Cathaoirleach At the first meeting on 12 December 1934, there was a contest for the position of Cathaoirleach. James J. MacKean was absent for the vote but all other members were present. William Hickie chaired the election. The two candidates were the outgoing Cathaoirleach, Thomas Westropp Bennett (Fine Gael), and the Fianna Fáil candidate, Michael Comyn. Neither of the two candidates voted and so fifty-six senators voted in the election. This resulted in a tie of twenty-eight votes each. Westropp Bennett received the votes of all twenty-one members of Fine Gael and seven independents. Comyn received the votes of his eighteen Fianna Fáil colleagues, the seven Labour Party senators, and three independents (Edward Bellingham, Thomas Linehan and Laurence O'Neill). Hickie then gave his casting vote for Westropp Bennett saying he would have done so had he had the opportunity in the division.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1934-12-12/3/ Election of Cathaoirleach Seanad Debates 19 9 Houses of the Oireachtas 12 December 1934 The following week, Comyn defeated the outgoing Leas-Chathaoirleach, Michael F. O'Hanlon of Fine Gael, by twenty-six votes to twenty-five.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1934-12-19/3/ Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach Seanad Debates 19 9 Houses of the Oireachtas 19 December 1934O'Sullivan Donal 1940 The Irish Free State and its Senate: A Study in Contemporary Politics Faber and Faber London 448 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.115100/page/448 On 11 March 1936, David Robinson was elected unanimously as Leas-Chathaoirleach following the appointment of Comyn to the Circuit Court.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1936-03-11/2/ Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach Seanad Debates 20 29 Houses of the Oireachtas 11 March 1936 List of senators Henry Barniville Fine Gael Elected in 1925 12 years Sir Edward Bellingham Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1925 12 years William Cummins William Cummins (Irish politician) Labour Party (Ireland) Elected in 1925 12 years James Dillon James Dillon (senator) Fine Gael Elected in 1925 12 years Michael Fanning Michael Fanning (politician) Fine Gael Elected in 1925 12 years Thomas Foran Labour Party (Ireland) Elected in 1925 12 years Sir William Hickie William Hickie Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1925 12 years Cornelius Kennedy Fine Gael Elected in 1925 12 years Thomas Linehan Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1925 12 years Joseph O'Connor Joseph O'Connor (Irish politician) Fine Gael Elected in 1925 12 years J. T. O'Farrell Labour Party (Ireland) Elected in 1925 12 years Michael F. O'Hanlon Fine Gael Elected in 1925 12 years James Parkinson James Parkinson (Irish politician) Fine Gael Elected in 1925 12 years Thomas Toal Fine Gael Elected in 1925 12 years Kathleen Clarke Fianna Fáil Elected in 1928 9 years Joseph Connolly Joseph Connolly (Irish politician) Fianna Fáil Elected in 1928 9 years Seán Milroy Fine Gael Elected in 1928 9 years Séumas Robinson Séumas Robinson (Irish republican) Fianna Fáil Elected in 1928 9 years William O'Sullivan William O'Sullivan (politician) Fine Gael Elected in 1931 6 years Michael Comyn Fianna Fáil Elected in 1931 9 years John Counihan Fine Gael Elected in 1931 9 years James G. Douglas Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1931 9 years Michael Duffy Michael Duffy (Irish politician) Labour Party (Ireland) Elected in 1931 9 years Thomas Farren Labour Party (Ireland) Elected in 1931 9 years Hugh Garahan Fine Gael Elected in 1931 9 years Sir John Griffith John Griffith (engineer) Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1931 9 years Seán MacEllin Fianna Fáil Elected in 1931 9 years Ross McGillycuddy Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1931 9 years James J. MacKean Fine Gael Elected in 1931 9 years John MacLoughlin Fine Gael Elected in 1931 9 years Daniel MacParland Fianna Fáil Elected in 1931 9 years Maurice George Moore Fianna Fáil Elected in 1931 9 years Laurence O'Neill Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1931 9 years Brian O'Rourke Brian O'Rourke (politician) Fine Gael Elected in 1931 9 years William Quirke Fianna Fáil Elected in 1931 9 years David Robinson David Robinson (Irish politician) Fianna Fáil Elected in 1931 9 years Michael Staines Fine Gael Elected in 1931 9 years Sir Edward Coey Bigger Edward Coey Bigger Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1934 3 years John Philip Bagwell Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1934 6 years Patrick Baxter Patrick Baxter (politician) Fine Gael Elected in 1934 9 years Thomas Westropp Bennett Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1934 9 years Ernest Blythe Fine Gael Elected in 1934 9 years James Boyle James Boyle (Fianna Fáil politician) Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years Samuel Lombard Brown Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1934 6 years Kathleen Browne Fine Gael Elected in 1934 9 years James Charles Dowdall Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years Eamonn Duggan Fine Gael Elected in 1934 9 years Séamus Fitzgerald Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years Oliver St. John Gogarty Fine Gael Elected in 1934 9 years Denis Healy Denis Healy (Irish politician) Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years T. V. Honan Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years Andrew Jameson Andrew Jameson (politician) Independent politician (Ireland) Elected in 1934 9 years Thomas Johnson Thomas Johnson (Irish politician) Labour Party (Ireland) Elected in 1934 9 years Thomas Kennedy Thomas Kennedy (Irish politician) Labour Party (Ireland) Elected in 1934 9 years Raphael Keyes Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years Patrick Lynch Patrick Lynch (Irish attorney general) Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years Pádraic Ó Máille Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years Thomas Ruane Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years Richard Wilson Richard Wilson (Irish politician) Fine Gael Elected in 1934 9 years Jennie Wyse Power Fianna Fáil Elected in 1934 9 years Joined Fianna Fáil in advance of the 1934 Seanad electionO'Neill Marie 1991 From Parnell to de Valera: A Biography of Jennie Wyse Power 1858–1941 Blackwater Press Dublin 172 Changes true 11 December 1935 Fianna Fáil Resignation of Séumas Robinsonhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1935-12-11/2/ Resignation of a Senator 11 December 1935 Seanad Debates 20 18 Houses of the Oireachtas Members Database 24 February 1936 Fianna Fáil Michael Comyn appointed as a judge of the Circuit Courthttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1936-02-26/3/ Announcement of Casual Vacancy 26 February 1936 Seanad Debates 20 27 Houses of the Oireachtas Members Database References External links https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/find/?debateType=seanad&datePeriod=term&term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fseanad%2F1934 1934 Seanad Oireachtas Debates https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/senators/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fseanad%2F1934 1934 Seanad Oireachtas Members Database 1934