Donegal_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

East Donegal
East Donegal
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	Donegal
Replaced by	Donegal

East Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1885–1922

East Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in County Donegal, Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.

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Prior to the 1885 general election, the area was part of the Donegal constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

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[2] Also elected for Queen's County Ossory, but chose to sit for East Donegal.

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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)

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Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 341, 387. ISBN 0901714127.

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"The Irish General Election of 1918".

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	Member ^[1]	Party
1885	Arthur O'Connor^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Irish Parliamentary Party
1892		Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1895		Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900	Edward McFadden	Irish Parliamentary Party
1906	Charles McVeigh	Irish Parliamentary Party
1910 (January)	Edward Kelly	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918	Edward Kelly	Irish Parliamentary Party
1922	UK constituency abolished – see Donegal (Dáil constituency)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur O'Connor	4,089	57.7
	Liberal	Thomas Lea	2,992	42.3
Majority			1,097	15.4
Turnout			7,081	90.3
Registered electors			7,840
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur O'Connor	3,972	60.9	+3.2
	Irish Conservative	Thomas Butler Stoney	2,551	39.1	New
Majority			1,421	21.8	+6.4
Turnout			6,523	83.2	−7.1
Registered electors			7,840
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Arthur O'Connor	3,546	56.0	−4.9
	Liberal Unionist	Emerson Tennent Herdman	2,783	44.0	New
Majority			763	12.0	N/A
Turnout			6,329	89.8	+6.6
Registered electors			7,051
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Arthur O'Connor	3,392	55.4	−0.6
	Liberal Unionist	Emerson Tennent Herdman	2,729	44.6	+0.6
Majority			663	10.8	−1.2
Turnout			6,121	88.7	−1.1
Registered electors			6,901
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	−0.6

Donegal_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

East Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

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Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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East Donegal
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	Donegal
Replaced by	Donegal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward McFadden	3,113	53.9	−1.5
	Irish Unionist	John Fitzpatrick Cooke	2,660	46.0	New
Majority			453	7.9	−2.9
Turnout			5,773	72.6	−16.1
Registered electors			7,950
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	−1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Charles McVeigh	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Kelly	3,415	60.8	*N/A*
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Harrison	2,202	39.2	New
Majority			1,213	21.6	N/A
Turnout			5,617	87.0	N/A
Registered electors			6,454
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Kelly	7,596	61.1	*N/A*
	Irish Unionist	Robert Moore	4,797	38.6	New
	Sinn Féin	Samuel O'Flaherty	46	0.4	New
Majority			2,799	22.5	N/A
Turnout			12,439	77.7	N/A
Registered electors			16,015
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A