The Donegal Progressive Party was a minor political party in the Republic of Ireland.
The party drew its support mostly from the unionist and Protestant community in eastern County Donegal.[1] It was opposed to a united Ireland. At the 1973 general election, the party's leader advised Protestants to vote for Fianna Fáil, as it had "the most stable policy" on the border question.[2] Throughout the 1980s and 90s, the party held a single seat on Donegal County Council, but it lost this at the 1999 local elections.[3][4] The party was registered to contest local elections only.
Jim Devenney, a butcher and member of the East Donegal Ulster Scots Association and the former deputy chairman of the Ulster-Scots Agency,[5] was the party's final representative, also contested Donegal North-East at the 1992 and 1997 general elections, and stood in Letterkenny again in 2004.[6][7] The party was removed from the Register of Political Parties in November 2009.[8]
^Crotty, William J.; Schmitt, David A. (17 June 2014). Ireland and the Politics of Change. Routledge. ISBN 9781317881186.
^James Knight and Nicolas Baxter-Moore, Republic of Ireland: The General Elections of 1969 and 1973
^Protestants lose out in the Republic Grand Orange Order Lodge website, October 1998.
^"Independent TD stands, and angers Fianna Fail". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^About Us - East Donegal Ulster Scots Association - Official Website
^"Jim Devenney". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
^"Jim Devenney". Irish Elections. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^Coughlan, Kieran (20 November 2009). "Electoral Acts 1992 and 2001: Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. Dublin: Government Publications Office: 1509. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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