East Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Donegal County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1922
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

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

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Donegal constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Donegal.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Arthur O'Connor a	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1892		Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900	Edward McFadden	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906	Charles McVeigh	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1910 (January)	Edward Joseph Kelly	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.

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

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

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— )