Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

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Donegal County constituency
Created:	1801
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	Two

A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal. In 1885 it was divided into separate constituencies of East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1801)

Year	First member	Second member
1801	Henry Vaughan Brooke	Viscount Sudley
1802	Sir James Stewart, Bt
1806		Henry Vaughan Brooke
1808		Henry Montgomery
1812		George Vaughan Hart
1818	Earl of Mount Charles
1825	Earl of Mount Charles
1831	Sir Edmund Hayes	Edward Conolly
1849		Thomas Conolly
1860	Viscount Hamilton
1876		William Wilson
1879		Thomas Lea
1880	John Kinnear

• Constituency abolished (1885)

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

v • d • e Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal Parliament of Ireland to 1800 Ballyshannon (1613–1800) · Donegal Borough (1613–1800) · Donegal County (1613–1800) · Killybegs (1613–1800) · Lifford (1613–1800) · St Johnstown (1618–1800) Westminster 1801–1922 Donegal (1801–1885) · East Donegal (1885–1922) · North Donegal (1885–1922) · South Donegal (1885–1922) · West Donegal (1885–1922) Dáil Éireann 1918–present: Donegal (1921–1937, 1977–1981) · Donegal East (1937–1961) · Donegal West (1937–1961) · Donegal-Leitrim (1969–1977) · Donegal North East (1961–1977, 1981– ) · Donegal South West (1981— )