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(Top) 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

Donegal East (Dáil constituency)

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Donegal East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1961
Seats	4
Local government area	County Donegal
Replaced by	Donegal North-East Donegal South-West

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, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History

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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

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

TDs

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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)		James Myles (Ind)
11th	1943^[5]				Neal Blaney (FF)		William Sheldon (CnaT)
12th	1944^[6]						William Sheldon (Ind)
13th	1948^[7]
13th	1948 by-election^[8]				Neil Blaney (FF)
14th	1951^[9]		Liam Cunningham (FF)
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

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1957 general election

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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
	Independent	William Sheldon	6,011	19.3	4
	Fine Gael	Daniel McMenamin	5,098	16.4	3
	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

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1954 general election: Donegal East^[10]^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney	25.9	8,538
	Fine Gael	Daniel McMenamin	19.2	6,330	6,399	6,405	6,762
	Independent	William Sheldon	17.5	5,762	5,780	5,784	5,816	6,137
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Cunningham	16.3	5,359	7,061
	Fine Gael	James McEleney	11.4	3,755	3,768	3,774	3,859	4,014
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh McCauley	7.7	2,526	2,652	3,099	3,160
	Independent	John Nugent	2.1	700	715	718
Electorate: 44,100 Valid: 32,970 Quota: 6,595 Turnout: 74.8%

1951 general election

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1951 general election: Donegal East^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney	30.0	10,325
	Fine Gael	Daniel McMenamin	18.7	6,432	6,527	6,934
	Independent	William Sheldon	17.5	6,016	6,035	6,087	7,084
	Fianna Fáil	John Friel	13.2	4,561	5,211	5,280	5,425
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Cunningham	9.3	3,214	5,845	5,947	6,009
	Fine Gael	John McEleney	8.7	3,020	3,035	3,123
	Labour	John Joseph Nugent	2.5	868	895
Electorate: 45,742 Valid: 34,436 Quota: 6,888 Turnout: 75.28%

1948 by-election

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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 by-election: Donegal East^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney	55.5	19,570
	Fine Gael	Joseph McGinley	40.4	14,250
	Clann na Poblachta	James O'Donnell	4.0	1,435
Electorate: 48,204 Valid: 35,255 Quota: 17,628 Turnout: 73.14%

1948 general election

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1948 general election: Donegal East^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Neal Blaney	23.9	8,291
	Independent	William Sheldon	16.8	5,820	5,832	5,838	5,908	6,181	6,515
	Fine Gael	Daniel McMenamin	16.5	5,733	5,785	5,807	7,521
	Fianna Fáil	John Friel	14.8	5,153	5,439	5,483	5,518	5,559	5,781
	Fianna Fáil	James N. Doherty	10.8	3,756	4,654	4,762	4,774	4,789	5,012
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán McCool	9.3	3,217	3,242	3,923	3,974	4,222
	Fine Gael	John McLoughlin	5.5	1,912	1,918	1,932
	Clann na Poblachta	Hugh Diver	2.4	833	901
Electorate: 48,184 Valid: 34,715 Quota: 6,944 Turnout: 72.05%

1944 general election

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1944 general election: Donegal East^[6]^[13]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Neal Blaney	23.7	7,828
	Fianna Fáil	John Friel	19.4	6,417	7,353
	Fine Gael	Daniel McMenamin	18.6	6,126	6,181	6,212	7,717
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel McGlinchey	12.0	3,974	4,179	4,811	4,929	4,966	5,048
	Independent	William Sheldon	11.8	3,887	3,895	3,903	3,954	4,346	6,598
	Independent	James Myles	8.8	2,904	2,916	2,966	3,009	3,161
	Fine Gael	James McCormack	5.7	1,876	1,885	1,914
Electorate: 49,410 Valid: 33,012 Quota: 6,603 Turnout: 66.8%

1943 general election

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1943 general election: Donegal East^[5]^[13]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Neal Blaney	22.0	7,576
	Fine Gael	Daniel McMenamin	17.3	5,970	5,998	6,689	7,254
	Fianna Fáil	John Friel	17.2	5,916	6,418	6,586	6,825	6,858	7,253
	Independent	James Myles	10.4	3,595	3,599	3,676	3,735	3,762	3,795	3,807	3,851
	Clann na Talmhan	William Sheldon	9.8	3,373	3,378	3,588	3,687	3,771	3,946	3,949	4,167
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel McGlinchey	7.6	2,637	2,738	2,776	3,020	3,057	3,497	3,619
	Independent	Seán McCool	5.7	1,961	1,976	2,041	2,554	2,635
	Labour	John McElhinney	5.5	1,907	1,924	1,996
	Independent	Manus Harkin	4.5	1,537	1,546
Electorate: 49,410 Valid: 34,472 Quota: 6,895 Turnout: 69.8%

1938 general election

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1938 general election: Donegal East^[4]^[13]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	James Myles	20.9	7,846
	Fine Gael	Daniel McMenamin	20.8	7,797
	Fianna Fáil	Henry McDevitt	19.5	7,293	7,337	7,364	7,688
	Fianna Fáil	John Friel	17.4	6,526	6,533	6,547	6,850
	Fianna Fáil	Neal Blaney	17.0	6,368	6,402	6,423	6,615
	Labour	Patrick Lynch	4.4	1,642	1,908	2,148
Electorate: 48,507 Valid: 37,472 Quota: 7,495 Turnout: 77.3%

1937 general election

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1937 general election: Donegal East^[3]^[13]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	James Myles	22.4	8,090
	Fianna Fáil	Neal Blaney	21.8	7,876
	Fianna Fáil	John Friel	16.0	5,783	5,789	6,292	6,406	6,516
	Fianna Fáil	Henry McDevitt	14.1	5,093	5,099	5,230	5,285	5,341
	Fine Gael	Daniel McMenamin	13.4	4,836	5,486	5,505	9,791
	Fine Gael	John McLoughlin	12.2	4,398	4,610	4,617
Electorate: 48,975 Valid: 36,076 Quota: 7,216 Turnout: 73.7%

References

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^ ^a ^b "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

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

^ ^a ^b "General election 1937: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

^ ^a ^b "General election 1938: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

^ ^a ^b "General election 1943: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

^ ^a ^b "General election 1944: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

^ "General election 1948: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

^ "By-election 1948: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

^ "General election 1951: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

^ ^a ^b "General election 1954: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

^ ^a ^b "General election 1957: Donegal East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.