Donegal West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Donegal West
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1961
Seats	3
County/City council	County Donegal

Donegal West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

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 East were replaced by the new constituencies of Donegal North–East and Donegal South–West.

Boundaries

It consisted of the District Electoral Divisions of:

Annagry, Aran, Ardara, Ballintra (Ballyshannon), Ballintra, (Donegal), Ballyshannon Rural, Ballyshannon Urban, Binbane, Bonnyglen, Bundoran Rural, Carrickboy, Cavangarden, Cliff, Clogher, Corkermore, Cross Roads, Crovehy, Crowkeeragh, Crowarad, Dawros, Donegal, Doocharry, Dunfanaghy, Dungloe, Dunkineely, Dunlewy, Eanymore, Fintown, Glencolmcille, Glengesh, Glenleheen, Glenties, Gortahork, Graffy, Grousehall, Haugh, Inishkeel, Inver, Kilcar, Kilgoly, Killybegs, Laghey, Largymore, Lettermacward, Lough Eask, Maas, Magheraclogher, Maghery, Malin Beg, Meenaclady, Mountcharles, Mulmosog, Pettigo, Rutland, Tawnawully, Templecarn, Tieveskeelta, and Tullynaught,

and the Urban District of Bundoran in the administrative county of Donegal.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Donegal West 1937–1961^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937^[3]		Brian Brady (FF)		Michael Óg McFadden (FG)		Cormac Breslin (FF)
10th	1938^[4]
11th	1943^[5]
12th	1944^[6]
13th	1948^[7]
13th	1949 by-election^[8]		Patrick O'Donnell (FG)
14th	1951^[9]				Joseph Brennan (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

1957 general election

1957 general election: Donegal West^[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donnell	6,208	27.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Brennan	6,153	27.5	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breslin	3,711	16.6	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Cinnéide	3,560	15.9
	Fine Gael	Robert Gardiner	2,759	12.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 22,391 Quota: 5,598 Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Donegal West^[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Brennan	6,748	26.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donnell	6,338	25.2	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breslin	3,548	14.1	3
	Fine Gael	John Barry	5,545	22.0
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Kennedy	3,026	12.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,205 Quota: 6,302 Turnout:

1951 general election

1951 general election: Donegal West^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Brennan	8,023	29.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breslin	3,856	14.3	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donnell	6,294	23.3	3
	Fine Gael	Michael Óg McFadden	5,790	21.5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Kennedy	3,008	11.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,971 Quota: 6,743 Turnout:

1949 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Brian Brady, a by-election was held on 16 November 1949. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Patrick O'Donnell.

1949 by-election: Donegal West^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donnell	11,256	42.1	1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Brennan	12,700	47.4
	Clann na Poblachta	Alphonsus Canning	2,812	10.5
Electorate: 37,541 Valid: 26,768 Quota: 13,385 Turnout: 71.3%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Donegal West^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Michael Óg McFadden	4,627	17.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Brady	6,262	24.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breslin	4,800	18.4	3
	Independent	Daniel Boyle	3,224	12.4
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph McDevitt	2,546	9.8
	Fine Gael	Christopher Gallagher	2,332	8.9
	Clann na Poblachta	Hugh Duggan	2,314	8.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,105 Quota: 6,527 Turnout:

1944 general election

1944 general election: Donegal West^[6]^[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breslin	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Brady	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Fine Gael	Michael Óg McFadden	Unopposed	N/A	3

1943 general election

1943 general election: Donegal West^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Michael Óg McFadden	6,873	26.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Brady	6,495	24.9	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breslin	5,581	21.4	3
	Labour Party	Daniel Boyle	3,458	13.3
	Independent	Hugh Callaghan	2,599	10.0
	Labour Party	Joseph Doherty	1,041	4.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,047 Quota: 6,512 Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Donegal West^[4]^[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Brady	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breslin	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Fine Gael	Michael Óg McFadden	Unopposed	N/A	3

1937 general election

1937 general election: Donegal West^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Brady	7,833	28.9	1	1
	Fine Gael	Michael Óg McFadden	7,250	26.8	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breslin	6,311	23.3	3
	Fine Gael	John O'Donnell	5,712	21.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 27,106 Quota: 6,777 Turnout:

References

1 2 "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 17 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.
1 2 "General election 1937: Donegal West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1938: Donegal West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1943: Donegal West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1944: Donegal West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1948: Donegal West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 "By-election 1949: Donegal West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1951: Donegal West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1954: Donegal West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1957: Donegal West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 At both the 1938 and 1944 elections, only three candidates were nominated, so no ballot was held.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

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 and First Dáil 1918	Donegal (1801–85) East Donegal (1885–1922) North Donegal (1885–1922) South Donegal (1885–1922) West Donegal (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Donegal (1921–37, 1977–81, 2016–) Donegal East (1937–61) Donegal West (1937–61) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Donegal North–East (1961–77, 1981–2016) Donegal South–West (1961–69, 1981–2016)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

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