7th Seanad

5th Seanad	(1948)
6th Seanad	(1948)
7th Seanad	(1951)
8th Seanad	(1954)
9th Seanad	(1957)

This is a list of the members of the 7th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1951, after the 1951 general election and served until the close of poll for the 8th Seanad in 1954.

Composition of the 8th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the vocational panels, 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.

The following table shows the composition by party when the 7th Seanad first met in 1951.

		Administrative Panel	Agricultural Panel	Cultural & Educational Panel	Industrial & Commercial Panel	Labour Panel	National University of Ireland	Dublin University	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Total
style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	x	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |
style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	x	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" |	Labour Party	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	x	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" |
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/color" |	Independents	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	x	style="background-color: Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/color" |
style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color" |	Progressive Democrats	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	x	style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color" |
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators

• Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Name	Panel	Party		Notes

Changes

Date	Constituency	Loss		Gain		Note

See also

• Members of the 14th Dáil
• Government of the 14th Dáil
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the 14th Dáil