1899 Donegal County Council Election
The first election to Donegal County Council took place in April 1899 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Aggregate results Ward results Annagry Ballyshannon Buncrana Burt Carndonagh Castlefin Churchhill Donegal Dunfanaghy Dungloe Dunkineely Glenties Killybegs Letterkenny Milford Moville Pettigo Raphoe Rathmullen Stranorlar References {{United Kingdom local elections, 1899 County Donegal 1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a c ...

Donegal County Council
Donegal County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall) is the authority responsible for local government in County Donegal, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. It has 37 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, John McLaughlin. The county town is Lifford. History Donegal County Council, which had previously held its meetings in Lifford Courthouse, acquired County House in Lifford for use as its meeting place and administrative headquarters in 1930. The d'Hondt method has been deployed by Donegal County Council since 2009 and has worked on all but Budget Day, leading Martin Harley (running mate of Joe McHugh ...
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1899 Irish Local Elections
The 1899 Irish local elections were the first local elections following the reorganisation of Irish local government caused by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 37) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that established a system of local government in Ireland similar to that already created for England, .... The 1898 Act had changed the nature of Irish local governance, replacing the unrepresentative grand jury system, and making local government more democratic and representative. As a result, the 1899 election saw the traditional Unionist Landowning class, which had previously dominated much of Irish local politics, being replaced by a newer nationalist representation. Ulster's local government, however, remained Unionist in political outlook. The elections also saw the expansion of Labour representation. In the 1898 elections, only Ulster had Unionist and unaligned Lab ...
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Edward McFadden
Edward McFadden (1862–1922) was an Irish nationalist lawyer and politician from Letterkenny in County Donegal. Educated at St Eunan's Seminary in Letterkenny, and at the Catholic University of Ireland, he served as solicitor to Letterkenny Urban Rural and Milford Rural District Councils, and to Donegal District Lunatic Asylum, and as coroner for the Kilmacrenan Division of County Donegal. He was the chairman of Donegal County Council from 1899 to 1902, chairman of Letterkenny Urban Council 1898-1903. He was Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was elected as the Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish national ... MP for the East Donegal constituency at the 1900 general election. He di ...
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