East Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in County Donegal, Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 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 eastern part of County Donegal, consisting of the baronies of Raphoe North and Raphoe South, that part of the barony of Inishowen West contained within the parish of Burt, and that part of the barony of Kilmacrenan not contained within the constituencies of North Donegal or West Donegal.
Members of Parliament ElectionMember Party 1885 Arthur O'Connor Irish Parliamentary Party 1892 Anti-Parnellite Nationalist 1895 Anti-Parnellite Nationalist 1900 Edward McFadden Irish Parliamentary Party 1906 Charles McVeigh Irish Parliamentary Party 1910 (January) Edward Kelly Irish Parliamentary Party 1918 Irish Parliamentary Party1922 UK constituency abolished – see Donegal (Dáil constituency)
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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