County Donegal was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. The county received two seats at Westminster thereafter.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Donegal was not represented. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
Members of Parliament
ElectionFirst MPSecond MP1613 Sir John Vaughan Sir William Stewart1634 1639 Sir Ralph Gore Sir Paul Davys1656 Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet Thomas Newburgh1661 Charles HamiltonMPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 Richard Perkins 1689 County Donegal was not represented in the Patriot Parliament 1692 Charles Hamilton Gustavus Hamilton 1695 Henry Conyngham 1707 Frederick HamiltonStyled as The Honourable from 1715 Whig 1713 Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt Whig 1716 The Hon. Gustavus Hamilton 1727 Alexander Montgomery 1730 The Hon. Henry Hamilton 1735 George Knox 1741 Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt 1743 Andrew Knox 1747 Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt 1765 Robert Clements 1768 John McCausland Alexander Montgomery Patriot 1776 Robert Clements 1783 Henry Vaughan Brooke 1790 1800 Viscount Sudley 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Donegal
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