Donegal County Council election, 1920

Donegal County Council election, 1920
26 May 1920
All 45 seats to Donegal County Council
23 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin Irish Nationalist Irish Unionist
Seats won 27 13 5
Map showing the area of Donegal County Council
Council control after election

Sinn Féin

An election to Donegal County Council took place on Wednesday 26 May 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 45 councillors were elected from 10 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.[1]

Sinn Féin won a majority of the seats,[1] and won majorities in 6 of the 10 voting areas.[2]

The vote was largely characterised by poor turnout, with less than 50% of the electorate voting. Buncrana, Letterkenny, and Milford saw particularly poor turnout. At one station in Rathmullan only 3 of the areas 140 voters turned out. Donegal Town saw better turnout.[1]

The total number of invalid votes for the county stood at 9,193.[1]

At the first sitting of the new council, on Friday 18 June, the council voted to recognise the First Dáil.[1]

Results by party[1]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 27
Irish Nationalist 13
Irish Unionist 5
Independent 0
Totals 45 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Buncrana

Buncrana - 4 seats[1]
PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
Sinn Féin P. H. Doherty
Sinn Féin Frank J. Langan
Sinn Féin Michael Bonner
Sinn Féin James McNally

    Donegal Town

    Donegal Town - 5 seats[1]
    PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
    Sinn Féin James McGahern
    Sinn Féin John McDermott
    Irish Unionist John Stevenson
    Irish Nationalist Edward Melly
    Irish Nationalist Michael Dunnion

      Dunfanaghy

      Dunfanaghy - 4 seats[1]
      PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
      Sinn Féin Hugh Duffy
      Sinn Féin C. McLaughlin
      Sinn Féin Shane McNulty
      Irish Nationalist John McNulty

        Dunkineely

        Dunkineely - 4 seats[1]
        PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
        Sinn Féin Patrick Barry
        Sinn Féin A. F. Gallagher
        Sinn Féin Charlie Keeny
        Irish Nationalist Thomas McShane

          Laghey

          Laghey - 5 seats[1]
          PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
          Sinn Féin Hugh Gallagher
          Sinn Féin Daniel Gallagher
          Irish Unionist James Harron
          Irish Nationalist Jacob Gorman
          Irish Unionist William John Shaw

            Letterkenny

            Letterkenny Rural - 4 seats[1]
            PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
            Sinn Féin John O'Flaherty
            Sinn Féin James McCool
            Sinn Féin James McFadden
            Irish Unionist James Clarke

              Letterkenny Rural

              Letterkenny Rural - 5 seats[1]
              PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
              Sinn Féin N. Kelly
              Irish Unionist Robert Roulstone
              Irish Nationalist J. E. Sweeney
              Sinn Féin John Mullan
              Sinn Féin Patrick McGrenra

                Milford

                Milford - 7 seats[1]
                PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
                Sinn Féin Thomas McElhinney
                Sinn Féin Neil Murray
                Irish Nationalist M. A. McCreadie
                Irish Nationalist J. B. O'Donnell
                Sinn Féin William McGarvey
                Irish Nationalist E. Friel
                Irish Nationalist Christy Lavey

                  Mountcharles

                  Mountcharles - 4 seats[1]
                  PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
                  Sinn Féin Bernard Friel
                  Sinn Féin Charles McDaid
                  Sinn Féin Paddy Gallagher
                  Sinn Féin James Boyle

                    Rathmullan

                    Rathmullan - 3 seats[1]
                    PartyCandidate% 1st PrefCount 1
                    Irish Nationalist Edward Deeney
                    Irish Nationalist James Green
                    Irish Nationalist Patrick Loughrey

                      References

                      1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ó Duibhir, Liam (2009). The Donegal Awakening: Donegal & the War of Independence. Mercier Press Ltd. pp. 137–138.
                      2. ↑ Donegal & the Civil War: The Untold Story. p. 23.
                      Preceded by
                      Donegal County Council election, 1914                      		 Donegal County Council elections Succeeded by
                      Donegal County Council election, 1925
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