# 1967 Donegal County Council election

An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 28 June 1967 as part of the Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The election was originally planned for 1965, but had been delayed twice before eventually going forward in 1967.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | 1st pref | FPv% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 15 | 24,250 | 47.94% |
| | Fine Gael | 11 | 17,307 | 34.21% |
| | Donegal Progressive Party | 1 | 4,520 | 3.14% |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | 620 | 1.23% |
| | Labour | 0 | 981 | 1.94% |
| | Independent | 0 | 1,477 | 2.92% |
| Total | Total | 28 | 50,584 | 100.00% |

## Results by local electoral area

* Sitting in italics

### Buncrana

Buncrana: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Cunningham* | 19.6% | 2,097 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bertie Boggs | 15.9% | 1,661 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sean McLaughlin* | 11.3% | 1,206 | 1,234 | 1,249 | 1,254 | 1,254 | 1,769 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alex Diver* | 10.5% | 1,126 | 1,209 | 1,213 | 1,421 | 1,482 | 1,499 | 1,505 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Deery* | 10.4% | 1,112 | 1,258 | 1,273 | 1,641 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eamonn Gillen | 9.1% | 970 | 982 | 1,026 | 1,038 | 1,040 | 1,175 | 1,397 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Grant | 8.4% | 900 | 1,152 | 1,154 | 1,209 | 1,253 | 1,269 | 1,278 |
| | Fine Gael | James McEleney | 8.2% | 883 | 893 | 938 | 970 | 972 | — | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Robert Doherty | 7.1% | 762 | 796 | 800 | — | | | |
| Valid: 10,717 Quota: 1,650 Turnout: 10,884 |||||||||||

### Donegal

Donegal: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Melly* | 10.2% | 1,113 | 1,114 | 1,210 | 1,323 | 1,336 | 1,339 | 1,371 | 1,376 | 1,583 | |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Gallagher | 10.2% | 1,110 | 1,148 | 1,161 | 1,255 | 1,370 | 1,382 | 1,582 | | | |
| | Donegal Progressive Party | Robert Anderson* | 10.1% | 1,094 | 1,097 | 1,103 | 1,133 | 1,138 | 1,139 | 1,203 | 1,207 | 1,233 | 1,242 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Christy Meehan* | 9.2% | 995 | 1,011 | 1,017 | 1,037 | 1,191 | 1,219 | 1,232 | 1,236 | 1,335 | 1,340 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Murrin | 8.4% | 918 | 926 | 927 | 937 | 1,105 | 1,497 | 1,699 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Francis Cunningham | 8.1% | 880 | 884 | 893 | 907 | 911 | 1,095 | 1,317 | 1,357 | 1,361 | 1,363 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean McEniff | 7.9% | 863 | 864 | 921 | 948 | 963 | 972 | 974 | 976 | 1,286 | 1,299 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Murphy | 7.3% | 793 | 804 | 809 | 815 | 849 | 869 | — | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Donnell | 7.0% | 758 | 759 | 764 | 770 | 810 | — | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Quinn | 6.6% | 712 | 715 | 736 | 815 | 841 | 873 | 877 | 879 | — | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Edward Quinn | 6.0% | 648 | 689 | 703 | 746 | — | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Cleary | 4.0% | 432 | 490 | 522 | — | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe O'Neill | 2.7% | 296 | 365 | — | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Eamonn Monaghan | 2.1% | 233 | — | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,429 Valid: 10,876 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,554 Turnout: 11,008 (76.29%) ||||||||||||||

### Glenties

Glenties: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick O'Donnell* | 15.2% | 1,449 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Rogers* | 14.9% | 1,418 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Cormac Breslin* | 14.6% | 1,394 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Kelly | 10.0% | 956 | 958 | 964 | 978 | 986 | 1,032 | 1,233 |
| | Fine Gael | James Gallagher | 9.2% | 874 | 906 | 911 | 911 | 947 | 1,052 | 1,065 |
| | Fine Gael | James Doohan | 8.7% | 825 | 833 | 838 | 838 | 1,133 | 1,140 | 1,144 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joseph Campbell | 8.1% | 775 | 777 | 784 | 791 | 797 | 1,184 | 1,416 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall McCole | 7.3% | 695 | 709 | 731 | 738 | 743 | 768 | — |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Gavigan | 7.1% | 674 | 675 | 678 | 679 | 685 | — | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Coll | 4.9% | 469 | 497 | 505 | 508 | — | | |
| Electorate: 15,945 Valid: 9,529 Spoilt: 142 Quota: 362 Turnout: 9,671 (60.65%) |||||||||||

### Letterkenny

Letterkenny: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy McGowan* | 15.4% | 2,026 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Harte TD* | 12.8% | 1,685 | 1,688 | 1,710 | 1,734 | 1,761 | 2,031 | | | | |
| | Donegal Progressive Party | Winston Patterson | 11.8% | 1,548 | 1,549 | 1,552 | 1,564 | 1,579 | 1,593 | 1,595 | 1,642 | 1,657 | 1,661 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard McGlinchey* | 11.8% | 1,547 | 1,595 | 1,703 | 1,749 | 1,824 | 1,867 | 1,876 | 2,051 | | |
| | Donegal Progressive Party | William Buchanan* | 9.7% | 1,271 | 1,272 | 1,276 | 1,281 | 1,284 | 1,288 | 1,289 | 1,305 | 1,334 | 1,335 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Friel | 9.0% | 1,183 | 1,238 | 1,342 | 1,347 | 1,431 | 1,447 | 1,448 | 1,499 | 1,616 | 1,648 |
| | Fine Gael | J.J. Reid | 7.4% | 970 | 979 | 985 | 994 | 1,056 | 1,147 | 1,275 | 1,345 | 1,458 | 1,471 |
| | Independent | Charles O'Donnell | 5.0% | 652 | 654 | 666 | 698 | 723 | 775 | 783 | — | | |
| | Labour | George Hunter | 4.5% | 586 | 589 | 612 | 792 | 805 | 820 | 824 | 860 | — | |
| | Fine Gael | Hugh McKendrick | 3.8% | 501 | 503 | 529 | 556 | 576 | — | | | | |
| | Labour | Colum O'Donnell | 3.0% | 395 | 395 | 407 | — | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Dunnion | 3.0% | 393 | 411 | 419 | 423 | — | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Grant | 2.2% | 291 | 296 | — | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Edward McGarrigle | 4.5% | 91 | 92 | — | | | | | | | |
| Valid: 13,119 Spoilt: 240 Quota: 1,878 Turnout: 13,359 ||||||||||||||

### Milford

Milford: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Harry Blaney* | 11.3% | 1,476 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Harkin* | 9.9% | 1,293 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | William McCafferty | 7.1% | 928 | 937 | 939 | 1,045 | 1,123 | 1,284 |
| | Donegal Progressive Party | Robert Baxter* | 4.6% | 607 | 618 | 620 | 653 | 674 | — |
| | Fianna Fáil | William McNutt | 4.1% | 532 | 577 | 585 | 664 | 999 | 1,076 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Edward Fries | 3.9% | 517 | 637 | 646 | 652 | — | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Hannigan | 3.9% | 514 | 531 | 533 | 711 | 726 | 853 |
| | Fine Gael | Joseph Gallagher | 3.6% | 476 | 481 | 482 | — | | |
| Valid: 6,343 Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,269 Turnout: 6,487 ||||||||||