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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

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

Ward results

Annagry

Annagry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Sweeney	945
		Patrick Gallagher	576
Majority			369
Turnout

Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon
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

Buncrana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		W. Doherty	unopposed

Burt

Burt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	William J. Hanna J.P.	700
		James Fleming	588
Majority			112
Turnout

Carndonagh

Carndonagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		M. White	unopposed

Castlefin

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

Churchhill

Churchhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		H. McLafferty	unopposed

Donegal

Donegal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		L. Dunleavy	unopposed

Dunfanaghy

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

Dungloe

Dungloe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. Sweeney	unopposed

Dunkineely

Dunkineely
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Ward	651
		Patrick Gallagher	471
Majority			180
Turnout

Glenties

Glenties
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hugh McDevitt	834
		William McGroarty	452
Majority			382
Turnout

Killybegs

Killybegs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Byrne	963
		Joseph Murrin	256
Majority			707
Turnout

Letterkenny

Letterkenny
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Manus McFadden J.P.	694
	Irish Unionist	John Robinson	546
Majority			148
Turnout

Milford

Milford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		H. McDevitte	unopposed

Moville

Moville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. Bradley	unopposed

Pettigo

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

Raphoe

Raphoe
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

Rathmullen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. Kelly	unopposed

Stranorlar

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

References

v t e Elections to Donegal County Council
1899 1902 1905 1908 1911 1914 1920 1925 1928 1934 1942 1948 1955 1960 1967 1974 1979 1985 1991 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024

v t e (1898 ←) 1899 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1900)
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