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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).[1][2]

1967 Donegal County Council election
← 1960 28 June 1967 1974 →
All 28 seats on Donegal County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Donegal Progressive Party
Seats won 15 11 1
Seat change Increase2 Increase3 New
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease2
Map showing the area of Donegal County Council
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

The election was originally planned for 1965, but had been delayed twice before eventually going forward in 1967.[3]

Results by party

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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[4] 28 50,584 100.00%

Results by local electoral area

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  • Sitting in italics

Buncrana

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Buncrana: 6 seats[5][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

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Donegal: 6 seats[6][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

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Glenties: 6 seats[7][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

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Letterkenny: 6 seats[8][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

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Milford: 4 seats[9][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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  

References

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  1. ^ Electoral Act, 1963 (No. 19 of 1963). Enacted on 12 July 1963 by President of Ireland. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 2024-07-28.
  2. ^ Local Elections Regulations, 1965 (S.I. No. 128 of 1965). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 2024-07-28.
  3. ^ "Local Elections Bill, 1966: Second Stage. – Dáil Éireann (18th Dáil) – Thursday, 13 Oct 1966 – Houses of the Oireachtas". www.oireachtas.ie. 13 October 1966. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Donegal County Council 1955 to 2009" (XLSX). irishelectionliterature.com. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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