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Timothy O'Donovan

Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
In office 21 April 1948 – 14 August 1951
President	Seán T. O'Kelly
Preceded by	Seán Goulding
Succeeded by	Liam Ó Buachalla

Personal details
Born	4 April 1881
Died	28 June 1957

Timothy Joseph O'Donovan (4 April 1881 – 28 June 1957)^[1] was a Farmers' Party and Fine Gael politician from County Cork in Ireland. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1923 to 1944, then a senator from 1944 until 1954, serving as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1951.^[2]

O'Donovan was elected at the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil as a Farmers' Party TD for the Cork West constituency.^[3] He was re-elected at seven further general elections until his defeat at the 1944 general election to the 12th Dáil, after several changes of party affiliation. After the demise of the Farmers' Party in the 1920s, he was re-elected in 1933 as a National Centre Party TD, and when the National Party merged with Cumann na nGaedheal to form Fine Gael, he joined the new party.

After the loss of his Dáil seat in 1944, he was elected at the subsequent Seanad Éireann election to the 5th Seanad, on the Agricultural Panel. He was re-elected in 1948 to the 6th Seanad, serving as Cathaoirleach (chairperson) of the Seanad from 1948 to 1951. He died in 1957.

References

^ Irish Times (29 June 1957), "Obituary, Mr. T. J. Donovan"
^ "Mr. Timothy O'Donovan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
^ "Timothy O'Donovan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

v t e « 6th Seanad « Members of the 7th Seanad (1951–1954) » 8th Seanad »
Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF)
Administrative Panel	Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Michael Hearne (FF) James J. McCrea (Lab) James McGee (Ind) Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Bernard Commons (CnaT) Patrick Gorry (FF) James Kilroy (FF) Michael Óg McFadden (FG) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) William Quirke (FF) James Tunney (Lab)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Michael Hayes (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) James B. Lynch (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Patrick F. O'Reilly (Ind)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Jane Dowdall (FF) Seán Hartney (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Edward McGuire (Ind) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) Frederick Summerfield (Ind)
Labour Panel	Pádraig Ághas (Ind) John Butler (FG) Michael Colgan (Ind) Noel Hartnett (CnaP) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Vincent McHugh (FG) William McMullen (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Daniel O'Rourke (FF) Seán Ruane (Ind)
Dublin University	Gardner Budd (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
National University	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Daniel Corkery (FF) Robert Farnan (FF) Seán Goulding (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Joseph Johnston (Ind) Eamon Kissane (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Seán O'Grady (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Michael Yeats (FF)
Elected or nominated later	1952 William J. E. Jessop (Ind) 1953 John F. Cunningham (Ind)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaP: Clann na Poblachta CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 5th Seanad « Members of the 6th Seanad (1948–1951) » 7th Seanad »
Cathaoirleach Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Leader of the Seanad Michael Hayes (FG)
Administrative Panel	John Finan (CnaT) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Seán Goulding (FF) Michael Hearne (FF) James McGee (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Jeremiah Ryan (FG)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Robert Malachy Burke (Lab) John Counihan (Ind) Seán Gibbons (FF) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Martin Quinn (Ind) William Quirke (FF) James Tunney (Lab)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Michael Hayes (FG) Cecil Lavery (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Joseph Brennan (Ind) Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Henry Morgan Dockrell (FG) Luke Duffy (Lab) T. V. Honan (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Frederick Summerfield (Ind)
Labour Panel	Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (FG) Seán Campbell (Lab) Michael Colgan (Ind) Andrew Fogarty (FF) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) John Meighan (CnaT) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Seán Ruane (Ind) Michael Smyth (Ind)
Dublin University	Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	George C. Bennett (FG) Eleanor Butler (Lab) James G. Douglas (Ind) Denis Ireland (CnaP) Patrick McCartan (CnaP) James J. McCrea (Lab) Edward McGuire (Ind) Séamus O'Farrell (Ind) Edward Richards-Orpen (Ind) Edmund Sweetman (FG) Patrick Woulfe (Ind)
Elected or nominated later	1950 Mary Davidson (Lab)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaP: Clann na Poblachta CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 4th Seanad « Members of the 5th Seanad (1944–1948) » 6th Seanad »
Cathaoirleach Seán Goulding (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF)
Administrative Panel	Andrew Clarkin (FF) Seán Goulding (FF) Michael Hayes (FG) Denis Healy (FF) Michael Hearne (FF) James McGee (Ind) Thomas Ruane (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) John Counihan (Ind) Daniel Hogan (FF) Edmund Horan (CnaT) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Dominick MacCabe (Ind) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) William Quirke (FF) Gerard Sweetman (FG)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Patrick Doyle (FG) Louis O'Dea (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Patrick J. O'Reilly (Ind) James Parkinson (FG)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Thomas Condon (Ind) Daniel Corkery (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Tadhg Crowley (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Luke Duffy (Lab) Peter Trainor Kelly (Ind) Seán MacEllin (FF) David Madden (FG)
Labour Panel	John Butler (FG) Thomas Hayden (Lab) James Johnston (Ind) John Thomas Keane (Ind) Thomas Kennedy (Lab) Sam Kyle (Lab) Peter Lynch (Ind) John Meighan (CnaT) Seán Ruane (Ind) Michael Smyth (Ind) James Tunney (Lab)
Dublin University	William Fearon (Ind) Joseph Johnston (Ind) T. C. Kingsmill Moore (Ind)
National University	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael J. Ryan (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Seán Campbell (Lab) Robert Farnan (FF) Thomas Foran (Lab) T. V. Honan (FF) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) William Magennis (Ind) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF)
Elected or nominated later	1945 Frederick Summerfield (Ind) 1946 Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Edward Pakenham (Ind) 1947 Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e Chairpersons of Seanad Éireann
Lord Glenavy Thomas Westropp Bennett Seán Gibbons Seán Goulding Timothy O'Donovan Liam Ó Buachalla Patrick Baxter Michael Yeats Micheál Cranitch James Dooge Séamus Dolan Charles McDonald Tras Honan Patrick J. Reynolds Seán Doherty Seán Fallon Liam Naughten Brian Mullooly Liam T. Cosgrave Rory Kiely Pat Moylan Paddy Burke Denis O'Donovan Mark Daly Jerry Buttimer

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