East Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

Prior to the British General Election of 1885, the area was part of the Donegal constituency. From 1922 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.

	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	Edward Kelly	Irish Parliamentary Party
1922	UK constituency abolished – see Donegal (Dáil constituency)

Note:-

^a O'Connor was returned by more than one seat in 1885. He elected to sit for this constituency and not Queen's County Ossory.

General election 1885: 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)

General election 1886: East Donegal^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur O'Connor	3,972	60.9	+3.2
	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

General election 1892: 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	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

General election 1895: 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

General election 1900: 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	New
Majority			453	7.9	−2.9
Turnout			5,773	72.6	−16.1
Registered electors			7,950
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	−1.5

General election 1906: East Donegal^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Charles McVeigh	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election January 1910: 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

General election December 1910: East Donegal^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Kelly	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General Election 1918: 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

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
^ "The Irish General Election of 1918".

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

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