| 6th Seanad | |
| Body: | Seanad Éireann |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Meeting Place: | Leinster House |
| Term Start: | 21 April 1948 |
| Term End: | 25 July 1951 |
| Before: | 5th Seanad |
| After: | 7th Seanad |
| Membership1: | 60 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Cathaoirleach |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Timothy O'Donovan (FG) |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Leas-Chathaoirleach |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | SeĂ¡n Goulding (FF) |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Leader of the Seanad |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Michael Hayes (FG) |
| Government: | 5th government of Ireland |
The 6th Seanad was in office from 1948 to 1951. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1948 general election to the 13th DĂ¡il. The senators served until the close of poll for the 7th Seanad in 1951.
On 21 April 1948, Timothy O'Donovan (FG), the outgoing Leas-Cathaoirleach, was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Luke Duffy (Lab) for the position of Cathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.[1]
On 2 June 1948, SeĂ¡n Goulding (FF), Cathaoirleach of the 5th Seanad, was proposed by William Quirke (FF) and seconded by Helena Concannon (FF) for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.[2]
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.[3]
The following table shows the composition by party when the 6th Seanad first met on 21 April 1948.
| Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | ||||||||
| Fianna FĂ¡il | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | |||
