Donegal East (Dáil constituency)



























Donegal East
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created 1937
Abolished 1961
Seats 4
County/City council County Donegal

Donegal East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1961. The constituency elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Boundaries


  • 3 TDs


  • 4 Elections


    • 4.1 1957 general election


    • 4.2 1954 general election


    • 4.3 1951 general election


    • 4.4 1948 by-election


    • 4.5 1948 general election


    • 4.6 1944 general election


    • 4.7 1943 general election


    • 4.8 1938 general election


    • 4.9 1937 general election




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, for the 1937 general election to Dáil Éireann.[1] It succeeded the constituency of Donegal. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when it and Donegal West were replaced by the new constituencies of Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West.



Boundaries


It consisted of the administrative county of Donegal except the portion thereof which was comprised in the county constituency of Donegal West.[1]



TDs








































































Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Donegal East 1937–1961[2]


Key to parties



  •   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan

  •   FF = Fianna Fáil

  •   FG = Fine Gael

  •   Ind = Independent


























































Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
9th
1937[3]
John Friel
(FF)
Neal Blaney
(FF)
James Myles
(Ind)
Daniel McMenamin
(FG)
10th
1938[4]
Henry McDevitt
(FF)
11th
1943[5]
Neal Blaney
(FF)
William Sheldon
(CnaT)
12th
1944[6]
William Sheldon
(Ind)
13th
1948[7]

1948 by-election[8]
Liam Cunningham
(FF)
14th
1951[9]
15th
1954[10]
16th
1957[11]
17th
1961
Constituency abolished. See Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.



Elections



1957 general election




































































1957 general election: Donegal East[11]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref
 %
 Seat
 Count


Fianna Fáil
Neil Blaney
 8,693
 27.9
 1
 1


Fianna Fáil
Liam Cunningham
 6,188
 19.9
 2


Fine Gael
Daniel McMenamin
 5,098
 16.4
 3


Independent
William Sheldon
 6,011
 19.3
 4


Independent
 Frank Morris
 3,216
 10.3



Fine Gael
 Patrick Doherty
 1,914
 6.2


Electorate: ?   Valid: 31,120   Quota: 6,225   Turnout:


1954 general election













































































1954 general election: Donegal East[10]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref
 %
 Seat
 Count


Fianna Fáil
Neil Blaney
 8,538
 25.9
 1
 1


Fianna Fáil
Liam Cunningham
 5,359
 16.3
 2


Fine Gael
Daniel McMenamin
 6,330
 19.2
 3


Independent
William Sheldon
 5,762
 17.5
 4


Fine Gael
 James McEleney
 3,755
 11.4



Fianna Fáil
 Hugh McCauley
 2,526
 7.7



Independent
 John Nugent
 700
 2.1


Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,970   Quota: 6,595   Turnout:


1951 general election













































































1951 general election: Donegal East[9]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref
 %
 Seat
 Count


Fianna Fáil
Neil Blaney
 10,325
 30.0
 1
 1


Fine Gael
Daniel McMenamin
 6,432
 18.7
 2


Independent
William Sheldon
 6,016
 17.5
 3


Fianna Fáil
Liam Cunningham
 3,214
 9.3
 4


Fianna Fáil
John Friel
 4,561
 13.2



Fine Gael
 James McEleney
 3,020
 8.7



Labour Party
 John Nugent
 868
 2.5


Electorate: 45,742   Valid: 34,436   Quota: 6,888   Turnout:


1948 by-election


Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Neal Blaney, a by-election was held on 7 December 1948. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Neil Blaney, son of the deceased TD.









































1948 general election: Donegal East[8]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref
 %
 Seat
 Count


Fianna Fáil
Neil Blaney
 19,570
 55.5
 1
 1


Fine Gael
Joseph McGinley
 14,250
 40.4



Clann na Poblachta
 James O'Donnell
 1,425
 4.0


Electorate: 48,184   Valid: 35,245   Quota: 17,623   Turnout: 73.2%


1948 general election






















































































1948 general election: Donegal East[7]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref
 %
 Seat
 Count


Fianna Fáil
Neal Blaney
 8,291
 23.9
 1
 1


Fine Gael
Daniel McMenamin
 5,733
 16.5
 2


Independent
William Sheldon
 5,820
 16.8
 3


Fianna Fáil
John Friel
 5,153
 14.8
 4


Fianna Fáil
 James Doherty
 3,756
 10.8



Clann na Poblachta
Seán McCool
 3,217
 9.3



Fine Gael
 John McLoughlin
 1,912
 5.5



Clann na Poblachta
 Hugh Diver
 833
 2.4


Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,715   Quota: 6,944   Turnout:


1944 general election













































































1944 general election: Donegal East[6]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref
 %
 Seat
 Count


Fianna Fáil
Neal Blaney
 7,828
 23.7
 1
 1


Fianna Fáil
John Friel
 6,417
 19.4
 2


Fine Gael
Daniel McMenamin
 6,126
 18.6
 3


Independent
William Sheldon
 3,887
 11.8
 4


Fianna Fáil
 Daniel McGlinchey
 3,974
 12.0



Independent
James Myles
 2,904
 8.8



Fine Gael
 James McCormack
 1,876
 5.7


Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,012   Quota: 6,603   Turnout:


1943 general election































































































1943 general election: Donegal East[5]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref
 %
 Seat
 Count


Fianna Fáil
Neal Blaney
 7,576
 22.0
 1
 1


Fine Gael
Daniel McMenamin
 5,970
 17.3
 2
 4


Fianna Fáil
John Friel
 5,916
 17.2
 3
 6


Clann na Talmhan
William Sheldon
 3,373
 9.8
 4
 8


Independent
James Myles
 3,595
 10.4



Fianna Fáil
 Daniel McGlinchey
 2,637
 7.7



Independent
Seán McCool
 1,961
 5.7



Labour Party
 John McElhinney
 1,907
 5.5



Independent
 Manus Harkin
 1,537
 4.5


Electorate: 49,410   Valid: 34,472   Quota: 6,895   Turnout: 69.8%


1938 general election




































































1938 general election: Donegal East[4]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref
 %
 Seat
 Count


Independent
James Myles
 7,846
 20.9
 1
 1


Fine Gael
Daniel McMenamin
 7,797
 20.8
 2
 1


Fianna Fáil
Henry McDevitt
 7,293
 19.5
 3


Fianna Fáil
John Friel
 6,526
 17.4
 4


Fianna Fáil
Neal Blaney
 6,368
 17.0



Labour Party
 Patrick Lynch
 1,642
 4.4


Electorate: ?   Valid: 37,472   Quota: 7,495   Turnout:


1937 general election




































































1937 general election: Donegal East[3]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref
 %
 Seat
 Count


Independent
James Myles
 8,090
 22.4
 1
 1


Fianna Fáil
Neal Blaney
 7,876
 21.8
 2
 1


Fine Gael
Daniel McMenamin
 4,836
 13.4
 3


Fianna Fáil
John Friel
 5,783
 16.0
 4


Fianna Fáil
Henry McDevitt
 5,093
 14.1



Fine Gael
 John McLoughlin
 4,398
 12.2


Electorate: ?   Valid: 36,076   Quota: 7,216   Turnout:


See also



  • Dáil constituencies

  • Politics of the Republic of Ireland

  • Historic Dáil constituencies

  • Elections in the Republic of Ireland



References





  1. ^ ab "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 16 September 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.


  3. ^ ab "General election 1937: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.


  4. ^ ab "General election 1938: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.


  5. ^ ab "General election 1943: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.


  6. ^ ab "General election 1944: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.


  7. ^ ab "General election 1948: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.


  8. ^ ab "By-election 1948: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.


  9. ^ ab "General election 1951: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.


  10. ^ ab "General election 1954: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.


  11. ^ ab "General election 1957: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.




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