| 10th Seanad | |
| Body: | Seanad Éireann |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Meeting Place: | Leinster House |
| Term Start: | 14 December 1961 |
| Term End: | 28 July 1965 |
| Before: | 9th Seanad |
| After: | 11th Seanad |
| Membership1: | 60 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Cathaoirleach |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Leas-Chathaoirleach |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Patrick Lindsay (FG) |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Leader of the Seanad |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Thomas Mullins (FF) |
| Government: | 10th government of Ireland |
The 10th Seanad was in office from 1961 to 1965. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1961 general election to the 19th Dáil. The senators served until the close of the poll for the 11th Seanad in 1965.
On 14 December 1961, Liam Ó Buachalla (FF), the outgoing Cathaoirleach, was proposed again for the position by Thomas Mullins (FF) and seconded by Eamon Kissane (FF). He was elected unopposed.[1]
On 3 January 1962, in the election for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach, Patrick Lindsay was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Edward McGuire (Ind). Mary Davidson (Lab) was proposed by Dominick Murphy and seconded by Patrick Crowley. Lindsay was elected by a vote of 19 to 7, with Fianna Fáil abstaining.[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 10th Seanad first met on 14 December 1961.
| Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |||
| Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | |||