- West Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)
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West Donegal Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1922 Created from Donegal West Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Donegal constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
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Boundaries
This constituency comprised the western part of County Donegal.
Members of Parliament
Election Member [1] Party Note 1885, December 1 Patrick O'Hea Irish Parliamentary Resigned 1890, May 30 James Joseph Dalton Irish Parliamentary Party split 1890, December 1 Irish National League 1892, July 11 Timothy Daniel Sullivan Irish National Federation 1900, October 3 James Boyle Irish Parliamentary Resigned 1902, April 25 Hugh Alexander Law Irish Parliamentary 1918, December 14 2 Joseph Aloysius Sweeney Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster 1922, October 26 UK constituency abolished Note:-
- 1 Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
- 2 Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
Elections
References
Sources
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Ballyshannon (1613–1800) · Donegal Borough (1613–1800) · Donegal County (1613–1800) · Killybegs (1613–1800) · Lifford (1613–1800) · St Johnstown (1618–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Donegal (1801–1885) · East Donegal (1885–1922) · North Donegal (1885–1922) · South Donegal (1885–1922) · West Donegal (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–presentDonegal (1921–1937, 1977–1981) · Donegal East (1937–1961) · Donegal West (1937–1961) · Donegal–Leitrim (1969–1977) · Donegal North–East (1961–1977, 1981– ) · Donegal South–West (1961–1969, 1981– )
European Parliament
1979–presentConnacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )
Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · WicklowCategories:- Historic constituencies in County Donegal
- Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Dáil Éireann constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1922
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs
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