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] The party was removed from the Register of Political Parties in November 2009.[7]
References
^Crotty, William J.; Schmitt, David A. (17 June 2014). Ireland and the Politics of Change. Routledge. ISBN9781317881186.
^James Knight and Nicolas Baxter-Moore, Republic of Ireland: The General Elections of 1969 and 1973
^Jim Devenney 22 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, ElectionsIreland.org
^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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donegal, progressive, party, minor, political, party, republic, ireland, dissolvednovember, 2009ideologyprotestant, minority, interestspolitics, republic, irelandpolitical, partieselectionsthe, party, drew, support, mostly, from, unionist, protestant, communit. The Donegal Progressive Party was a minor political party in the Republic of Ireland Donegal Progressive PartyDissolvedNovember 2009IdeologyProtestant Minority InterestsPolitics of Republic of IrelandPolitical partiesElectionsThe 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 Fail 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 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 The party was removed from the Register of Political Parties in November 2009 7 References Edit 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 Archived from the original on 28 February 2018 Retrieved 28 February 2018 About Us East Donegal Ulster Scots Association Official Website Jim Devenney Archived 22 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine ElectionsIreland org Coughlan Kieran 20 November 2009 Electoral Acts 1992 and 2001 Register of Political Parties PDF Iris Oifigiuil Dublin Government Publications Office 1509 Archived PDF from the original on 24 February 2011 Retrieved 5 April 2016 This article about a political party from the Republic of Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donegal Progressive Party amp oldid 1059859343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
