East Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

East Donegal
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Donegal

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

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		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		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1922	UK constituency abolished – see Donegal (Dáil Éireann 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.

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: East Donegal^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Joseph Kelly	7,596	61.07	n/a
	Irish Unionist	Robert Moore	4,797	38.56	n/a
	Sinn Féin (Unofficial)	Samuel O'Flaherty	46	0.37	n/a
Majority			2,799	22.5	n/a
Turnout			12,439	77.67	n/a
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1910 (December): East Donegal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Joseph Kelly	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

General Election 1910 (January): East Donegal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Joseph Kelly	3,415	60.80
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Harrison	2,202	39.20
Majority			1,213	21.60
Turnout			5,617	71.15
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
2. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/h1918.htm

Sources

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