Seán Goulding Explained

Office:Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
Term Start:8 September 1943
Term End:21 April 1948
Predecessor:Seán Gibbons
Successor:Timothy O'Donovan
Office1:Senator
Term Start1:14 August 1951
Term End1:22 July 1954
Constituency1:Nominated by the Taoiseach
Term Start2:18 August 1944
Term End2:14 August 1951
Constituency2:Administrative Panel
Term Start3:7 September 1938
Term End3:18 August 1944
Office4:Teachta Dála
Term Start4:September 1927
Term End4:July 1937
Constituency4:Waterford
Birth Date:1877
Birth Place:County Waterford, Ireland
Party:Fianna Fáil

Seán Goulding (1877 – 15 December 1959) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A company director, he was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1927 to 1937, then a senator from 1938 to 1954, serving as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1943 to 1948.[1]

From County Waterford, Goulding was elected at the September 1927 general election to the 6th Dáil as a TD for the Waterford constituency. He was re-elected at two further general elections until his defeat at the 1937 election to the 9th Dáil. He stood again at the 1938, 1943 and 1944 general elections, but never returned to the Dáil.[2]

After the loss of his Dáil seat in 1937, he stood in the subsequent elections to the 5th Seanad Éireann, winning a seat on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He was re-elected in 1943, and in 1944 was returned on the Administrative Panel, serving as Cathaoirleach of the Seanad from 1948 to 1951. In 1951, he was nominated by the Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, to the 7th Seanad, and elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach (deputy chair) on 2 June 1948. He did not contest the 1954 Seanad election. He died on 15 December 1959, aged 82.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seán Goulding. Oireachtas Members Database. 21 February 2008. 2019-05-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062614/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Se%C3%A1n-Goulding.D.1927-10-11/. live.
  2. Web site: Seán Goulding. ElectionsIreland.org. 21 February 2008. 25 October 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071025184232/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1742. live.