County Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland from 1801 to 1885, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs).
Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal. In 1885, it was divided into separate constituencies of East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal.
Members of Parliament Constituency created (1801) Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1801 Henry Vaughan BrookeViscount SudleyTory 1802 Sir James Stewart, Bt 1806 Henry Vaughan Brooke 1808 Henry Montgomery Tory 1812 George Vaughan Hart Tory 1818 Earl of Mount Charles Tory 1825 Earl of Mount Charles Tory 1831 Sir Edmund Hayes Tory Edward Conolly Tory 1831 Conservative Conservative 1849 Thomas Conolly Conservative 1860 Viscount Hamilton (known as the Marquess of Hamilton from August 1868) Conservative 1876 William Wilson Conservative 1879 Thomas Lea Liberal 1880 John Kinnear Liberal Constituency abolished (1885)
Elections
Elections of the 1880s
Elections of the 1870s
Caused by Wilson's death.
Caused by Conolly's death.
Elections of the 1860s
Caused by Hayes' death.
Elections of the 1850s
Elections in the 1840s
Caused by Conolly's death
Elections of the 1830s
Elections of the 1810s
Elections of the 1800s
References
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)