1899 Donegal County Council election

The first election to Donegal County Council took place in April 1899 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

Aggregate results[]

Donegal County Council election, 1899^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Irish Nationalist	18
	Irish Unionist	2
	Liberal	0
	Independent	0

Ward results[]

Annagry[]

Annagry^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Sweeney	945
		Patrick Gallagher	576
Majority			369
Turnout

Ballyshannon[]

Ballyshannon^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UIL	James David Condon	527	49.16
	Liberal	Michael Cassidy	478	44.59
	Irish Unionist	Robert Crawford	67	6.25
Majority			49	4.57
Turnout			1,072

Buncrana[]

Buncrana^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. Doherty	unopposed

Burt[]

Burt^[2][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	William J. Hanna J.P.	700
		James Fleming	588
Majority			112
Turnout

Carndonagh[]

Carndonagh^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		M. White	unopposed

Castlefin[]

Castlefin^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Gallagher J.P.	824
		Captain William Knox D.L.	552
Majority			272
Turnout

Churchhill[]

Churchhill^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		H. McLafferty	unopposed

Donegal[]

Donegal^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		L. Dunleavy	unopposed

Dunfanaghy[]

Dunfanaghy^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Edward McFadden	838
		Charles Frederick Stewart	92
Majority			746
Turnout

Dungloe[]

Dungloe^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. Sweeney	unopposed

Dunkineely[]

Dunkineely^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Ward	651
		Patrick Gallagher	471
Majority			180
Turnout

Glenties[]

Glenties^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hugh McDevitt	834
		William McGroarty	452
Majority			382
Turnout

Killybegs[]

Killybegs^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Byrne	963
		Joseph Murrin	256
Majority			707
Turnout

Letterkenny[]

Letterkenny^[2][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Manus McFadden J.P.	694
	Irish Unionist	John Robinson	546
Majority			148
Turnout

Milford[]

Milford^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		H. McDevitte	unopposed

Moville[]

Moville^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. Bradley	unopposed

Pettigo[]

Pettigo^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Daniel Joseph Flood	663
		Thomas J. Atkinson	415
		James Hamilton	93
Majority			248
Turnout

Raphoe[]

Raphoe^[2][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Captain Thomas Butler Stoney J.P.	584
	Irish Nationalist	Charles McCormick	412
	Independent Presbyterian	Samuel Marshall J.P.	329
Majority			172
Turnout

Rathmullen[]

Rathmullen^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. Kelly	unopposed

Stranorlar[]

Stranorlar^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Teague Magee J.P.	1,185
		Captain John Riky J.P.	142
Majority			1043
Turnout

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