Seán Goulding (1877 – 15 December 1959) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A company director[citation needed], 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]
Seán Goulding | |
|---|---|
| Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann | |
| In office 8 September 1943 – 21 April 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Seán Gibbons |
| Succeeded by | Timothy O'Donovan |
| Senator | |
| In office 14 August 1951 – 22 July 1954 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| In office 18 August 1944 – 14 August 1951 | |
| Constituency | Administrative Panel |
| In office 7 September 1938 – 18 August 1944 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office September 1927 – July 1937 | |
| Constituency | Waterford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1877 County Waterford, Ireland |
| Died | 15 December 1959 (aged 82) |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
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]
References
edit- ^ a b "Seán Goulding". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
- ^ "Seán Goulding". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2008.