Sean Goulding

Sean Goulding (1877 – 15 December 1959) was an Irish Fianna Fail politician. A company director, he was a Teachta Dala (TD) from 1927 to 1937, then a senator from 1938 to 1954, serving as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Eireann from 1943 to 1948.

From County Waterford, Goulding was elected at the September 1927 general election to the 6th Dail 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 Dail. He stood again at the 1938, 1943 and 1944 general elections, but never returned to the Dail.

After the loss of his Dail seat in 1937, he stood in the subsequent elections to the 5th Seanad Eireann, 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 (chair) of the Seanad from 1948 to 1951. In 1951, he was nominated by the Taoiseach, Eamon de Valera, to the 7th Seanad, and elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach (deputy chair) on 2 June 1948. He did not contest the 1954 Seanad elections, and died on 15 December 1959, aged 82.