12th Seanad | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Seanad Éireann | ||||
Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||
Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||
Term | 5 November 1969 – 30 March 1973 | ||||
Government | 13th government of Ireland | ||||
Members | 60 | ||||
Cathaoirleach |
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Leas-Chathaoirleach | James Dooge ( FG) | ||||
Leader of the Seanad | Thomas Mullins (FF) |
The 12th Seanad was in office from 1969 to 1973. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1969 general election to the 19th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 13th Seanad in 1973.
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 12th Seanad first met on 5 November 1969.
Origin Party
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Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||
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Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 27 | ||
Fine Gael | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
Labour Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 |