1960 Donegal County Council election

1960 Donegal County Council election

← 1955 30 June 1960 1967  →
All 28 seats on Donegal County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 13 8 1 Seat change 1 2 New   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Ratepayers Independent Seats won 1 5 Seat change New 1
Map showing the area of Donegal County Council
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Council control after election Fianna Fáil

An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 30 June 1960 as part of the Irish local elections. ^[1] 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).

Results by party

Party		Seats	1st pref	FPv%
	Fianna Fáil	13	17,281	41.07%
	Fine Gael	8	12,614	29.98%
	Sinn Féin	1	1,741	4.14%
	Labour	0	240	0.57%
	Independent	6	10,202	24.16%
Total [1]		28	42,076	100.00%

Results by local electoral area

• Sitting in italics

Buncrana

Buncrana: 6 seats ^{[2] [1]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Cunningham*	18.9%	1,499
	Fianna Fáil	Alex Diver*	15.6%	1,238
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Deery*	14.4%	1,142
	Fine Gael	James McEleney*	10.5%	835	851	885	888	1,199
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Doherty	10.1%	801	909	927	996	1,030
	Fine Gael	James J. McGettigan	9.5%	749	757	766	790	—
	Fine Gael	James Deeney*	8.7%	692	726	902	907	941
	Fianna Fáil	Sean McLaughlin*	7.2%	574	762	837	841	860
	Independent	Alfred Bateman	4.9%	389	409	—
Electorate: 15,558  Valid: 7,927  Quota: 1,133  Turnout: 8,027

Donegal

Donegal: 6 seats ^{[3] [1]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Christy Gallagher	10.0%	1,004	1,009	1,012	1,017	1,084	1,101	1,110	1,116	1,247	1,328
	Fine Gael	Michael Melly*	8.9%	889	909	932	1,019	1,021	1,027	1,051	1,136	1,147	'1,328
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Muldoon*	8.8%	882	890	911	915	927	935	974	1,211	1,225	1,281	1,392
	Independent	Brian McRory	8.5%	848	857	858	860	879	892	1,064	1,067	1,090	1,106	1,156
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Donnell	8.3%	831	833	839	842	842	895	919	946	1,033	1,046	1,387
	Independent	Robert Anderson*	8.2%	826	831	835	842	980	983	995	1,006	1,008	1,039	1,052
	Fianna Fáil	James Callaghan	8.0%	798	798	798	799	801	819	844	857	885	897	—
	Independent	Joseph Doherty	7.0%	704	711	729	778	779	782	802	842	842	—
	Fine Gael	Seamus McShane	6.3%	627	631	634	636	642	672	695	702	918	923	1,022
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn Monaghan	4.7%	469	477	478	482	488	501	—
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cunningham*	4.4%	441	445	446	447	449	674	699	699	—
	Fianna Fáil	Alex McKeaney	4.4%	440	446	549	574	579	582	582	—
	Fine Gael	Hugh Gallagher	4.2%	425	428	432	432	444	—
	Independent	Albert Ellis	3.1%	311	312	312	312	—
	Independent	Edward Doherty	2.2%	218	220	239	—
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony King	2.1%	214	220	—
	Independent	Bernard Mangan	1.1%	112	—
Valid: 10,039  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 1,435  Turnout: 10,169

Glenties

Glenties: 6 seats ^{[4] [1]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donnell *	19.1%	1,490
	Fianna Fáil	Louis Walsh*	17.8%	1,393
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breslin *	15.4%	1,202
	Fine Gael	Charles Greene*	14.4%	1,126
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Rogers	12.3%	961	1,082	1,103	1,118
	Fianna Fáil	Sean O'Cinneide*	10.3%	803	871	878	1,105
	Fine Gael	Charles McDyre	9.3%	727	902	915	949
	Independent	Patrick A. McCarthy	8.7%	116	125	—
Valid: 7,818  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 1,117  Turnout: 7,902

Letterkenny

Letterkenny: 6 seats ^{[5] [1]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	William Buchanan*	16.7%	1,899
	Fine Gael	Paddy Harte TD	11.0%	1,249	1,251	1,254	1,260	1,342	1,353	1,440	1,690
	Independent	Peter Dunnion*	10.2%	1,166	1,168	1,178	1,196	1,231	1,235	1,290	1,358	1,362	1,495
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy McGowan	8.9%	1,019	1,022	1,028	1,034	1,101	1,133	1,169	1,209	1,211	1,243
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard McGlinchey	8.1%	924	924	951	981	1,161	1,311	1,347	1,394	1,395	1,528
	Independent	Samuel Patterson*	7.7%	880	1,117	1,132	1,137	1,142	1,205	1,220	1,248	1,250	1,290
	Independent	Charles O'Donnell*	6.5%	741	742	779	811	824	895	948	967	967	—
	Fine Gael	Hugh McKendrick*	6.2%	710	711	759	811	824	895	948	967	1,012	1,226
	Fine Gael	John F. Hunter*	6.0%	684	694	697	709	722	725	790	—
	Fianna Fáil	John J. Sheridan	4.9%	555	560	569	576	596	—
	Ind. Republican	Frank Morris	4.9%	554	556	572	626	644	648	—
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Doherty	4.2%	475	478	481	511	—
	Sinn Féin	Patrick J. Dawson	2.7%	311	314	332	—
	Labour	John Nugent	2.1%	240	240	—
Valid: 11,407  Spoilt: 144  Quota: 1,630  Turnout: 11,551

Milford

Milford: 4 seats ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Blaney *	31.4%	1,533
	Independent	Samuel Baxter*	17.1%	834	863	867	893	917	1,006
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kelly*	13.3%	650	680	687	740	911	976
	Fianna Fáil	John Harkin*	11.8%	577	747	749	765	813	871
	Independent	Charles Harley	7.7%	378	394	411	422	443	—
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Byrne	7.6%	371	656	660	664	674	717
	Fine Gael	Maurice Ferry	6.5%	316	330	335	345	—
	Independent	William McGrory	3.7%	181	188	191	—
	Independent	Edward Helferly	0.9%	45	49	—
Valid: 4,885  Spoilt: 114  Quota: 978  Turnout: 4,999

References

1. "Donegal County Council 1955 to 2009" (XLSX). irishelectionliterature.com. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
2. "Donegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
3. "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
4. "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
5. "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
6. "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

External links

• irelandelection.com results for the 1960 Donegal County Council elections.
• Irishelectionliterature link for old election results, with the results for Donegal between 1955 and 2009 here.