South Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)
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South Donegal | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Donegal |
Replaced by | Donegal |
South Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
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
[edit]This constituency comprised the southern part of County Donegal, consisting of the baronies of Banagh and Tirhugh.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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1885, 8 December | Bernard Kelly | Irish Parliamentary | replaced Thomas Lea | |
1886, 1 July | Bernard Kelly | Irish Parliamentary | Died 1 January 1887 | |
1887, 2 February | J. G. Swift MacNeill | Irish Parliamentary | By-election | |
1890, December 1 | Irish National Federation | Party split | ||
1891, March 1 | Irish National Federation | Party reunion | ||
1900, 6 October | Irish Parliamentary | |||
1918, 14 December 2 | Peter J. Ward | Sinn Féin | Did not take his seat in the House of Commons | |
1922, 26 October | 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
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Bernard Kelly | 5,055 | 78.7 | ||
Irish Conservative | Arthur William Hamilton Foster | 1,369 | 21.3 | ||
Majority | 3,686 | 57.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,424 | 81.8 | |||
Registered electors | 7,854 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Bernard Kelly | 4,905 | 77.8 | −0.9 | |
Irish Conservative | Arthur William Hamilton Foster | 1,399 | 22.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 3,506 | 55.6 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,304 | 80.3 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,854 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | −0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | J. G. Swift MacNeill | 4,604 | 83.1 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | Henry Munster | 933 | 16.9 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 3,671 | 66.2 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,537 | 70.7 | −9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,837 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | J. G. Swift MacNeill | 3,930 | 73.7 | −4.1 | |
Irish Unionist | Henry Stubbs | 1,400 | 26.3 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 2,530 | 47.4 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,330 | 79.4 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,710 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | −4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | J. G. Swift MacNeill | 3,614 | 73.4 | −0.3 | |
Irish Unionist | Henry Stubbs | 1,313 | 26.6 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,301 | 46.8 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,927 | 77.2 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,380 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | J. G. Swift MacNeill | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | J. G. Swift MacNeill | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | J. G. Swift MacNeill | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | J. G. Swift MacNeill | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Peter J. Ward | 5,787 | 54.9 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | John Donovan | 4,752 | 45.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,035 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,539 | 62.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 16,894 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
References
[edit]- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
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- Westminster constituencies in County Donegal (historic)
- Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
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