1920 Donegal County Council election

April 2021 April 2021 1920 Donegal County Council election United Kingdom Parliamentary no yes 1914 Donegal County Council election 1914 1925 Donegal County Council election 1925 All 20 seats on Donegal County Council 11 26 May 1920 Sinn Féin 14 Nationalist Party (Ireland) 4 Irish Unionist Alliance 2 Donegal in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Donegal County Council Council control 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. Sinn Féin won a majority of the seats, and won majorities in 6 of the 10 voting areas.Donegal & the Civil War: The Untold Story https://books.google.com/books?id=ahM3F24E4GEC&dq=donegal+1920+local+elections&pg=PA23 23 9781856357203 Duibhir Liam 2011 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. The total number of invalid votes for the county stood at 9,193. At the first sitting of the new council, on Friday 18 June, the council voted to recognise Dáil Éireann. Following the election Peter J. Ward (Sinn Féin) was elected chairman. Thomas McFadden (Unionist) was elected vice-chairman.Belfast News-Letter - Saturday 19 June 1920: Donegal County Council, Released Hunger Striker Elected Chairman Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Sinn Féin14 Nationalist Party (Ireland)4 Irish Unionist Alliance2 Independent (politician)0Totals20100%— Ó Duibhir Liam 2009 The Donegal Awakening: Donegal & the War of Independence https://books.google.com/books?id=l_-fTyW1PQMC&dq=daniel+friel&pg=PA137 Mercier Press Ltd 137–138 9781856356329 Results by county electoral area Buncrana Buncrana/Inishowen - 4 seats Sinn Féin P. H. Doherty Sinn Féin Frank J. Langan Sinn Féin Michael Bonner Sinn Féin James McNally Irish Unionist Alliance Joseph MacArthur J.P. (incumbent) Nationalist Party (Ireland) Bernard Browne Independent Nationalist James P. McIvor J.P. Donegal Donegal - 5 seatsDerry Journal - Friday 28 May 1920 pg.5, THE DONEGAL ELECTIONS, EXTRAORDINARY APATHY OF VOTERS Sinn Féin Peter J. Ward MP Irish Unionist Alliance James Sproule Myles Sinn Féin Patrick Berry Sinn Féin Henry Joseph Kelly Sinn Féin Thomas McShane Nationalist Party (Ireland) Hugh O'Donnell - ≈8,893 ≈300 - 9,193 Glenties Letterkenny Letterkenny - 4 seatshttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/19200529/049/0005 Londonderry Sentinel, 29 May 1920, page 5Derry Journal - Friday 16 April 1920 (list of candidates) Sinn Féin John O'Flaherty Sinn Féin James McCool Sinn Féin James McFadden Irish Unionist Alliance James Clarke Independent Nationalist Francis Callahan J.P. (incumbent) Irish Unionist Alliance Major John Riky, J.P. Milford Milford - 7 seats Sinn Féin Thomas McElhinney Sinn Féin Neil Murray Nationalist Party (Ireland) M. A. McCreadie Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. B. O'Donnell Sinn Féin William McGarvey Nationalist Party (Ireland) E. Friel Nationalist Party (Ireland) Christy Lavey District council results The county was split into urban and rural districts, each with a council. Rural district councils were elected on the same day as the county council. Most districts were split into multiple district electoral areas (DEAs). Each district council chairperson was ex officio a member of the county council. +Rural districts and DEAs in County Donegal, 1920Local Government Board for Ireland [Forty-eighth] Annual Report [for year ending 31st March 1920] 1921 HMSO Dublin Command papers Cmd.1432 Appendix 120–121 https://archive.org/details/op1256891-1001/page/n120/mode/1up 30 August 2019 Rural district District electoral area DEA seats Total seats Ballyshannon Ballyshannon Rural 9 9 Donegal Donegal 5 18 Dunkineely 4 Laghy 5 Mountcharles 4 Dunfanaghy Dunfanaghy 4 10 Gortahork 6 Glenties Annagarry 7 27 Ardara 4 Dunglow 6 Glencolumbkille 4 Glenties 3 Killybegs 3 Inishowen Buncrana Rural 7 21 Carndonagh 4 Malin 4 Moville 6 Letterkenny Letterkenny Rural 8 13 Temple Douglas 5 Londonderry No. 2 Londonderry No. 2 Rural 8 8 Milford Carrickart 5 19 Fanad 4 Milford 7 Rathmullan 3 Strabane No. 2 Castlefinn 4 10 Raphoe 6 Stranorlar Cloghan 4 11 Stranorlar 7 Donegal Rural District Donegal DEA Donegal Town - 5 seats Sinn Féin James McGahern Sinn Féin John McDermott Irish Unionist Alliance John Stevenson Nationalist Party (Ireland) Edward Melly Nationalist Party (Ireland) Michael Dunnion Dunkineely DEA Dunkineely - 4 seats Sinn Féin Patrick Barry Sinn Féin A. F. Gallagher Sinn Féin Charlie Keeny Nationalist Party (Ireland) Thomas McShane Laghey DEA Laghey - 5 seats Sinn Féin Hugh Gallagher Sinn Féin Daniel Gallagher Irish Unionist Alliance James Harron Nationalist Party (Ireland) Jacob Gorman Irish Unionist Alliance William John Shaw Mountcharles DEA Mountcharles - 4 seats Sinn Féin Bernard Friel Sinn Féin Charles McDaid Sinn Féin Paddy Gallagher Sinn Féin James Boyle Dunfanaghy Rural District Dunfanaghy DEA Dunfanaghy - 4 seats Sinn Féin Hugh Duffy Sinn Féin C. McLaughlin Sinn Féin Shane McNulty Nationalist Party (Ireland) John McNulty Letterkenny Rural District Letterkenny Rural DEA Letterkenny Rural - 5 seats Sinn Féin N. Kelly Irish Unionist Alliance Robert Roulstone Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. E. Sweeney Sinn Féin John Mullan Sinn Féin Patrick McGrenra Rathmullan DEA Rathmullan - 3 seats Nationalist Party (Ireland) Edward Deeney Nationalist Party (Ireland) James Green Nationalist Party (Ireland) Patrick Loughrey References Donegal County Council election 1920