East Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

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.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Donegal, consisting of the baronies of Raphoe North and Raphoe South, that part of the barony of Inishowen West contained within the parish of Burt, and that part of the barony of Kilmacrenan not contained within the constituencies of North Donegal or West Donegal.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1885	Arthur O'Connor[a]	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		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1922	UK constituency abolished – see Donegal (Dáil constituency)

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

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: East Donegal^[2]

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)

1886 general election: East Donegal^[2]

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

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: East Donegal^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Arthur O'Connor	3,546	56.0	−4.9
	Liberal Unionist	Emerson Tennent Herdman	2,783	44.0	+4.9
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

1895 general election: East Donegal^[2]

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

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: East Donegal^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward McFadden	3,113	53.9	−1.5
	Irish Unionist	John Fitzpatrick Cooke	2,660	46.0	+1.4
Majority			453	7.9	−2.9
Turnout			5,773	72.6	−16.1
Registered electors			7,950
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	−1.5

1906 general election: East Donegal^[2]

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

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: East Donegal^[2]

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

December 1910 general election: East Donegal^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Kelly	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1918 general election: East Donegal^[3][2]

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

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
2. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 341, 387. ISBN 0901714127.
3. "The Irish General Election of 1918".

Sources

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