1899 Donegal County Council election

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The first election to Donegal County Council took place in April 1899 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

Aggregate results edit

Donegal County Council election, 1899^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Irish Nationalist	18
	Irish Unionist	2
	Liberal	0
	Independent	0

Ward results edit

Annagry edit

Annagry^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Sweeney	945
		Patrick Gallagher	576
Majority			369
Turnout

Ballyshannon edit

Ballyshannon^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Irish League	James David Condon	527	49.16
	Liberal	Michael Cassidy	478	44.59
	Irish Unionist	Robert Crawford	67	6.25
Majority			49	4.57
Turnout			1,072
	United Irish League win (new seat)

Buncrana edit

Buncrana^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. Doherty	unopposed

Burt edit

Burt^[2]^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	William J. Hanna J.P.	700
		James Fleming	588
Majority			112
Turnout

Carndonagh edit

Carndonagh^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		M. White	unopposed

Castlefin edit

Castlefin^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Gallagher J.P.	824
		Captain William Knox D.L.	552
Majority			272
Turnout

Churchhill edit

Churchhill^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		H. McLafferty	unopposed

Donegal edit

Donegal^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		L. Dunleavy	unopposed

Dunfanaghy edit

Dunfanaghy^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Edward McFadden	838
		Charles Frederick Stewart	92
Majority			746
Turnout

Dungloe edit

Dungloe^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. Sweeney	unopposed

Dunkineely edit

Dunkineely^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Ward	651
		Patrick Gallagher	471
Majority			180
Turnout

Glenties edit

Glenties^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hugh McDevitt	834
		William McGroarty	452
Majority			382
Turnout

Killybegs edit

Killybegs^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Byrne	963
		Joseph Murrin	256
Majority			707
Turnout

Letterkenny edit

Letterkenny^[2]^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Manus McFadden J.P.	694
	Irish Unionist	John Robinson	546
Majority			148
Turnout

Milford edit

Milford^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		H. McDevitte	unopposed

Moville edit

Moville^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. Bradley	unopposed

Pettigo edit

Pettigo^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Daniel Joseph Flood	663
		Thomas J. Atkinson	415
		James Hamilton	93
Majority			248
Turnout

Raphoe edit

Raphoe^[2]^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Captain Thomas Butler Stoney J.P.	584	44.1
	Irish Nationalist	Charles McCormick	412	31.1
	Independent Presbyterian	Samuel Marshall J.P.	329	24.8
Majority			172	13.0
Turnout			1,325
	Irish Unionist win (new seat)

Rathmullen edit

Rathmullen^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. Kelly	unopposed

Stranorlar edit

Stranorlar^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Teague Magee J.P.	1,185
		Captain John Riky J.P.	142
Majority			1043
Turnout

References edit

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