Seán Goulding

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.

[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.