11th Seanad Members of the 11th Seanad This is a list of the members of the 11th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1965, after the 1965 general election and served until the close of poll for the 12th Seanad in 1969.-Composition of the 11th Seanad:There are a total...	(1965 Irish general election, 1965 The Irish general election of 1965 was held on 7 April 1965. The newly elected members of the 18th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 21 April when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed.... )
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13th Seanad	(1973 Irish general election, 1973 The Irish general election of 1973 was held on 28 February 1973. The newly elected 144 members of the 20th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 4 March when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed.... )
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This is a list of the members of the 13th Seanad Éireann

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, the upper house

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 of the Oireachtas

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. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1973, after the 1973 general election

Irish general election, 1973

The Irish general election of 1973 was held on 28 February 1973. The newly elected 144 members of the 20th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 4 March when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed....

 and served until the close of poll for the 14th Seanad in 1977.

Composition of the 13th 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 13th Seanad first met on 1 June 1973.

		Administrative Panel	Agricultural Panel	Cultural and Educational Panel	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour Panel	National University of Ireland National University of Ireland (constituency) National University of Ireland is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, through which graduates of the National University of Ireland have elected members of various legislative bodies including currently Seanad Éireann.-Summary:...	University of Dublin	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Total
	Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...	4	5	2	4	3	0	0	0	18
	Fine Gael Fine Gael Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...	3	5	2	3	4	0	0	7	24
	Labour Party Labour Party (Ireland) The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. The Labour Party was founded in 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William X. O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress. Unlike the other main Irish...	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	4	11
	Socialist Labour Party Socialist Labour Party (Ireland) The Socialist Labour Party was a minor political party in the Republic of Ireland formed under the leadership of Matt Merrigan and Noël Browne, TD in 1977. Another key figure was the radical journalist Brian Trench, now head of the Communications Department at Dublin City University along with...	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... s	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	6
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

• Note: The figure above do not add up due to the Senators whose political affiliations are currently unknown.

List of senators

Changes

See also

• Members of the 20th Dáil
  Members of the 20th Dáil
  This is a list of the members who were elected to the 20th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas of Ireland. These TDs were elected at the 1973 general election on 26 February 1973 and met on 4 March 1973. The 20th Dáil was dissolved by President Patrick Hillery, at the request of the...
  
  
• Government of the 20th Dáil
  Government of the 20th Dáil
  The 20th Dáil was elected at the 1973 general election on 28 February 1973 and first met on 14 March when the 14th Government of Ireland was appointed...
  
  
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the 20th Dáil
  Parliamentary Secretaries of the 20th Dáil
  On 14 March 1973 the 14th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The new Fine Gael–Labour Party government was led by the Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave, who appointed the following Parliamentary Secretaries....