List of female members of Seanad Éireann

This is a list of women senators who have been elected or appointed to Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas, the bicameral parliament of Ireland.

Women in Seanad Éireann

Name Yearfirst elected Panel/Constituencyfirst elected Partyas first elected Agewhen first elected Years in Seanad 1922 Elected by Dáil Éireann 52 1922–1934 1922 Nominated by the President 65 1922–1933 1922 Elected by Dáil Éireann 75 1922–1929 1922 Nominated by the President 64 1922–1936 1929 Elected at a by-election 50 1929–1936 1938 National University 60 1938–1952 1938 Nominated by the Taoiseach 46 1938–1948 1938 Industrial and Commercial Panel 49 1938 1938 Administrative Panel 60 1938–1968 1948 Nominated by the Taoiseach 33 1948–1951 1950 Industrial and Commercial Panel 46 1951 Industrial and Commercial Panel 51 1951–1961 1957 Nominated by the Taoiseach 64 1957–1969 1964 Nominated by the Taoiseach 42 1964–1977 1969 Industrial and Commercial Panel 36 1969–1973 1969 Labour Panel 38 1969–1977 1969 Dublin University 25 1969–1989 1969 Nominated by the Taoiseach 48 1969–1973 1973 Cultural and Educational Panel 43 1973–1976 1977 Nominated by the Taoiseach 45 1977–1981 1977 Nominated by the Taoiseach 59 1977–1981 1977 Nominated by the Taoiseach 24 1977–1981 1977 Administrative Panel 47 1977–1993 1977 National University 38 1977–1982 1979 National University 45 1981 Industrial and Commercial Panel 43 1981–1982 1981 Administrative Panel 38 1981–1989 1981 Nominated by the Taoiseach 22 1981–1982 1981 Cultural and Educational Panel 48 1981–1982 1981 Cultural and Educational Panel 44 1982 Nominated by the Taoiseach 45 1982 1982 Labour Panel 46 1982 1982 Cultural and Educational Panel 30 1983 Cultural and Educational Panel 32 1983–1987 1983 Nominated by the Taoiseach 47 1983–1989 1983 Nominated by the Taoiseach 48 1983–1987 1987 Administrative Panel 29 1987–1989 1989 Nominated by the Taoiseach 42 1989–1993 1989 Agricultural Panel 40 1989 Dublin University 49 1989–1993 1989 Labour Panel 46 1989 Nominated by the Taoiseach 38 1993 Industrial and Commercial Panel 25 1993–1997 1993 Dublin University 52 1993–2007 1993 Industrial and Commercial Panel 41 1993–1997 1993 Cultural and Educational Panel 40 1993–1997 1993 Nominated by the Taoiseach 39 1993–1997 1993 Administrative Panel 42 1993–1997 1993 Cultural and Educational Panel 58 1993–2011 1997 Nominated by the Taoiseach 53 1997 1997 Nominated by the Taoiseach 32 1997 1997 Industrial and Commercial Panel 33 1997–2007 1997 Nominated by the Taoiseach 28 1997–2002 1997 Agricultural Panel 37 1997–2007 1997 Nominated by the Taoiseach 61 1997–2002 1997 Labour Panel 56 1997–2002 2002 Administrative Panel 37 2002–2007 2002 Industrial and Commercial Panel 52 2002–2007 2002 Industrial and Commercial Panel 57 2002–2016 2002 Labour Panel 45 2002–2011 2002 Nominated by the Taoiseach 55 2002–2007 2007 Dublin University ( 39 2007–2021 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach 2007–2011 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach 43 2007–2010 2007 Labour Panel 56 2007–2011 2007 Labour Panel 45 2007–2016 2007 Cultural and Educational Panel 38 2007–2011 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach 33 2007–2011 2007 Administrative Panel 44 2007–2011 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach 39 2007–2011 2007 Labour Panel 47 2007–2011 2011 Cultural and Educational Panel 51 2011–2014 2011 Nominated by the Taoiseach 52 2011–2016 2011 Industrial and Commercial Panel 44 2011–2016 2011 Nominated by the Taoiseach 31 2011–2016 2011 Labour Panel 61 2011–2016 2011 Labour Panel 52 2011–2016 2011 Nominated by the Taoiseach 50 2011–2016 2011 Industrial and Commercial Panel 34 2011–2020 2011 Nominated by the Taoiseach 50 2011–2016 2011 Nominated by the Taoiseach 58 2011–2020 2011 Agricultural Panel 50 2011–2016 2011 Industrial and Commercial Panel 32 2011–2016 2011 Industrial and Commercial Panel 22 2011–2016 2011 Nominated by the Taoiseach 43 2011–2016 2011 Nominated by the Taoiseach 57 2011–2016 2013 Nominated by the Taoiseach 36 2013–2016 2015 Industrial and Commercial Panel 34 2015–2016 2016 Industrial and Commercial Panel 34 2016–2024 2016 Industrial and Commercial Panel 55 2016– 2016 Agricultural Panel 48 2016 Cultural and Educational Panel 34 2016– 2016 Agricultural Panel 45 2016–2020 2016 Labour Panel 43 2016–2020 2016 Nominated by the Taoiseach 58 2016–2020 2016 National University 40 2016– 2016 Administrative Panel 31 2016–2020 2016 Nominated by the Taoiseach 55 2016–2020 2016 Cultural and Educational Panel 49 2016–2020 2016 Nominated by the Taoiseach 44 2016–2020 2016 Labour Panel 49 2016–2020 2016 Agricultural Panel 54 2016–2019 2016 Dublin University 31 2016– 2019 Agricultural Panel 45 2019–2025 2020 Agricultural Panel 33 2020–2024 2020 Cultural and Educational Panel 33 2020–2025 2020 Agricultural Panel 31 2020–2025 2020 Industrial and Commercial Panel 53 2020– 2020 Industrial and Commercial Panel 37 2020 2020 Administrative Panel 38 2020–2025 2020 Administrative Panel 54 2020– 2020 Labour Panel 46 2020–2025 2020 Labour Panel 2020–2024 2020 Nominated by the Taoiseach 42 2020–2024 2020 Nominated by the Taoiseach 49 2020–2024 2020 Nominated by the Taoiseach 45 2020–2025 2020 Nominated by the Taoiseach 51 2020– 2020 Nominated by the Taoiseach 30 2020– 2020 Nominated by the Taoiseach 46 2020–2025 2020 Nominated by the Taoiseach 2020–2025 2020 Nominated by the Taoiseach 37 2020–2024 2024 Nominated by the Taoiseach 38 2024– 2024 Nominated by the Taoiseach 51 2024– 2020 Administrative Panel 31 2025– 2025 Agricultural Panel 2025– 2025 Agricultural Panel 47 2025– 2025 Agricultural Panel 2025– 2025 Agricultural Panel 49 2025– 2025 Cultural and Educational Panel 53 2025– 2025 Industrial and Commercial Panel 38 2025– 2025 Industrial and Commercial Panel 2025– 2025 Labour Panel 2025– 2025 Labour Panel 2025– 2025 Labour Panel 55 2025– 2025 Labour Panel 2025– 2025 Nominated by the Taoiseach 55 2025– 2025 Nominated by the Taoiseach 2025– 2025 Nominated by the Taoiseach 43 2025– 2025 Nominated by the Taoiseach 2025–

Timeline 1922 to 2020

From 2020

Number of women in each Seanad Seanad Election Number (%) By-elections 1st 1922 4 / 60 (6%) 1 2nd 1937 4 / 60 (6%) 0 3rd 1938 3 / 60 (5%) 0 4th 1943 3 / 60 (5%) 0 5th 1944 3 / 60 (5%) 0 6th 1948 3 / 60 (5%) 1 7th 1951 3 / 60 (5%) 0 8th 1954 3 / 60 (5%) 0 9th 1957 4 / 60 (6%) 0 10th 1961 3 / 60 (5%) 1 11th 1965 4 / 60 (6%) 0 12th 1969 5 / 60 (8%) 0 13th 1973 4 / 60 (6%) 0 14th 1977 6 / 60 (10%) 1 15th 1981 9 / 60 (15%) 0 16th 1982 (Feb) 8 / 60 (13%) 0 17th 1982 (Nov) 6 / 60 (10%) 1 18th 1987 5 / 60 (8%) 0 19th 1989 6 / 60 (10%) 0 20th 1992 8 / 60 (13%) 2 21st 1997 11 / 60 (18%) 1 22nd 2002 10 / 60 (16%) 0 23rd 2007 13 / 60 (21%) 0 24th 2011 18 / 60 (30%) 2 25th 2016 18 / 60 (30%) 1 26th 2020 24 / 60 (40%) 1 27th 2025 27 / 60 (45%) 0

See also Families in the Oireachtas List of female members of Dáil Éireann Records of members of the Oireachtas

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