# North Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

North Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom 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 northern part of County Donegal, consisting of the barony of Inishowen East, that part of the barony of Inishowen West not contained within the constituency of East Donegal, and that part of the barony of Kilmacrenan contained within the parishes of Clandavaddog, Killygarvan and Tullyfern and the townlands of Drumherrive, Glenalla and Ray in the parish of Aughnish.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Note |
| | 1885, December 1 | James Edward O'Doherty | Irish Parliamentary | Resigned |
| | 1890, June 25 | James Rochfort Maguire | Irish Parliamentary | Party split |
| | 1890, December $^1$ | James Rochfort Maguire | Irish National League | Re-elected for West Clare |
| | 1892, July 12 | John Mains | Irish National Federation | |
| | 1895, July 15 | Thomas Bartholomew Curran | Irish National Federation | |
| | 1900, October 8 | William O'Doherty | Irish Parliamentary | Died 18 May 1905 |
| | 1905, June 15 | John Muldoon | Irish Parliamentary | |
| | 1906, January 16 | Philip O'Doherty | Irish Parliamentary | |
| | 1918, December 14 $^2$ | Joseph O'Doherty | Sinn Féin | Did not take his seat at Westminster |
| 1922, October 26 | 1922, October 26 | UK constituency abolished | UK constituency abolished | UK constituency abolished |
Notes:-
* $^1$ Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
* $^2$ Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

## Elections
### Elections in the 1910s

1918 general election: North Donegal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Sinn Féin | Joseph O'Doherty | 7,003 | 69.5 | New |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Philip O'Doherty | 3,075 | 30.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,928 | 39.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,078 | 57.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,538 | | |
| | Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |
December 1910 general election: North Donegal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Philip O'Doherty | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |
January 1910 general election: North Donegal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Philip O'Doherty | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |

### Elections in the 1900s

1906 general election: North Donegal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Philip O'Doherty | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |
1905 North Donegal by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | John Muldoon | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |
1900 general election: North Donegal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | William O'Doherty | 2,562 | 61.4 | N/A |
| | Healyite Nationalist | Arthur O'Connor | 1,612 | 38.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 950 | 22.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,174 | 51.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,095 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1890s

1895 general election: North Donegal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish National Federation | Thomas Bartholomew Curran | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish National Federation hold | Irish National Federation hold | Irish National Federation hold | Irish National Federation hold | Irish National Federation hold |
1892 general election: North Donegal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish National Federation | John Mains | 3,819 | 77.5 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Unionist | David Bartholomew McCorkell | 1,108 | 22.5 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,711 | 55.0 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,927 | 70.7 | −4.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,965 | | |
| | Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |
1890 North Donegal by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | James Rochfort Maguire | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |

### Elections in the 1880s

1886 general election: North Donegal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | James Edward O'Doherty | 4,263 | 82.3 | −0.5 |
| | Irish Conservative | Harry Hutchinson Augustus Stewart | 914 | 17.7 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,349 | 64.6 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,177 | 74.7 | −5.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,932 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | −0.5 | |
1885 general election: North Donegal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | James Edward O'Doherty | 4,597 | 82.8 | |
| | Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union | Harry Hutchinson Augustus Stewart | 952 | 17.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,645 | 65.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,549 | 80.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,932 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |