Donegal Progressive Party

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

The party drew its support mostly from the Protestant community in County Donegal.[1] It was opposed to a United Ireland. At the Irish general election, 1973, 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, the party held a single seat on Donegal County Council, but it lost this in 1999 after the boundaries of Letterkenny ward were redrawn and the number of councillors cut from seven to five.[1] Jim Devenney, the party's final representative, also contested Donegal North East at the 1992 and 1997 Dáil elections, and stood in Letterkenny again in 2004.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Protestants Lose Out In Republic", Orange Standard, October 1998
  2. ^ James Knight and Nicolas Baxter-Moore, Republic of Ireland: The General Elections of 1969 and 1973
  3. ^ Jim Devenney, ElectionsIreland.org
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