| 7th Seanad | |
| Body: | Seanad Éireann |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Meeting Place: | Leinster House |
| Term Start: | 14 July 1951 |
| Term End: | 7 July 1954 |
| Before: | 6th Seanad |
| After: | 8th Seanad |
| Membership1: | 60 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Cathaoirleach |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Leas-Chathaoirleach |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Timothy O'Donovan (FG) |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Leader of the Seanad |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | William Quirke (FF) |
| Government: | 6th government of Ireland |
The 7th Seanad was in office from 1951 to 1954. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1951 general election to the 14th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 8th Seanad in 1954.
On 14 August 1951, Liam Ó Buachalla (FF), was proposed by Seán Goulding (FF) and seconded by Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) for the position of Cathaoirleach. He was elected unopposed.[1]
On 7 November 1951, Timothy O'Donovan (FG), Cathaoirleach of the 6th Seanad, was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) 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 7th Seanad first met on 14 August 1951.
| Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | |||