Donegal Progressive Party

Donegal Progressive Party
Donegal Progressive Party
Dissolved	November 2009
Ideology	Protestant Minority Interests
	Politics of Republic of Ireland; Political parties; Elections;

The Donegal Progressive Party was a minor political party in the Republic of Ireland.

The party drew its support mostly from the unionist and Protestant community in eastern County Donegal.^[1] It was opposed to a united Ireland. At the 1973 general election, the party's leader advised Protestants to vote for Fianna Fáil, as it had "the most stable policy" on the border question.^[2] Throughout the 1980s and 90s, the party held a single seat on Donegal County Council, but it lost this at the 1999 local elections.^[3]^[4]

Jim Devenney, a butcher and member of the East Donegal Ulster Scots Association and the former deputy chairman of the Ulster-Scots Agency,^[5] was the party's final representative, also contested Donegal North-East at the 1992 and 1997 general elections, and stood in Letterkenny again in 2004.^[6] The party was removed from the Register of Political Parties in November 2009.^[7]

References[]

^ Crotty, William J.; Schmitt, David A. (17 June 2014). Ireland and the Politics of Change. Routledge. ISBN 9781317881186.
^ James Knight and Nicolas Baxter-Moore, Republic of Ireland: The General Elections of 1969 and 1973
^ Protestants lose out in the Republic Grand Orange Order Lodge website, October 1998.
^ "Independent TD stands, and angers Fianna Fail". Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ About Us - East Donegal Ulster Scots Association - Official Website
^ Jim Devenney Archived 22 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, ElectionsIreland.org
^ Coughlan, Kieran (20 November 2009). "Electoral Acts 1992 and 2001: Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. Dublin: Government Publications Office: 1509. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

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[1] Crotty, William J.; Schmitt, David A. (17 June 2014). Ireland and the Politics of Change. Routledge. ISBN 9781317881186.

[2] James Knight and Nicolas Baxter-Moore, Republic of Ireland: The General Elections of 1969 and 1973

[3] Protestants lose out in the Republic Grand Orange Order Lodge website, October 1998.

[4] "Independent TD stands, and angers Fianna Fail". Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[5] About Us - East Donegal Ulster Scots Association - Official Website

[6] Jim Devenney Archived 22 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, ElectionsIreland.org

[register-7] Coughlan, Kieran (20 November 2009). "Electoral Acts 1992 and 2001: Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. Dublin: Government Publications Office: 1509. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

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