North Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.

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

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Donegal, consisting of the barony of Inishowen East, that part of the barony of Inishowen West not contained within the constituency of East Donegal, and that part of the barony of Kilmacrenan contained within the parishes of Clandavaddog, Killygarvan and Tullyfern and the townlands of Drumherrive, Glenalla and Ray in the parish of Aughnish.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1885, December 1James Edward O'DohertyIrish ParliamentaryResigned
1890, June 25James Rochfort MaguireIrish ParliamentaryParty split
1890, December 1Irish National LeagueRe-elected for West Clare
1892, July 12John MainsIrish National Federation
1895, July 15Thomas Bartholomew CurranIrish National Federation
1900, October 8William O'DohertyIrish ParliamentaryDied 18 May 1905
1905, June 15John MuldoonIrish Parliamentary
1906, January 16Philip O'DohertyIrish Parliamentary
1918, December 14 2Joseph O'DohertySinn FéinDid not take his seat at Westminster
1922, October 26UK constituency abolished

Notes:-

  • 1 Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
  • 2 Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

1918 general election: North Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sinn FéinJoseph O'Doherty7,00369.5New
Irish ParliamentaryPhilip O'Doherty3,07530.5N/A
Majority3,92839.0N/A
Turnout10,07857.5N/A
Registered electors17,538
Sinn Féin gain from Irish ParliamentarySwingN/A
December 1910 general election: North Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish ParliamentaryPhilip O'DohertyUnopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
January 1910 general election: North Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish ParliamentaryPhilip O'DohertyUnopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1900s

1906 general election: North Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish ParliamentaryPhilip O'DohertyUnopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
1905 North Donegal by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish ParliamentaryJohn MuldoonUnopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
1900 general election: North Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish ParliamentaryWilliam O'Doherty2,56261.4N/A
Healyite NationalistArthur O'Connor1,61238.6N/A
Majority95022.8N/A
Turnout4,17451.6N/A
Registered electors8,095
Irish Parliamentary holdSwingN/A

Elections in the 1890s

1895 general election: North Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National FederationThomas Bartholomew CurranUnopposed
Irish National Federation hold
1892 general election: North Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National FederationJohn Mains3,81977.5−4.8
Liberal UnionistDavid Bartholomew McCorkell1,10822.5+4.8
Majority2,71155.0−9.6
Turnout4,92770.7−4.0
Registered electors6,965
Irish National Federation gain from Irish ParliamentarySwingN/A
1890 North Donegal by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish ParliamentaryJames Rochfort MaguireUnopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1880s

1886 general election: North Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish ParliamentaryJames Edward O'Doherty4,26382.3−0.5
Irish ConservativeHarry Hutchinson Augustus Stewart91417.7+0.5
Majority3,34964.6−1.0
Turnout5,17774.7−5.3
Registered electors6,932
Irish Parliamentary holdSwing−0.5
1885 general election: North Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish ParliamentaryJames Edward O'Doherty4,59782.8
Irish Loyal and Patriotic UnionHarry Hutchinson Augustus Stewart95217.2
Majority3,64565.6
Turnout5,54980.0
Registered electors6,932
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.