Wigtown Area
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Wigtown Area is a committee area of Dumfries and Galloway Council. Its boundaries are similar to those of the former Wigtown
Wigtown
Wigtown is a town and former royal burgh in the Machars of Galloway in the south west of Scotland. It lies south of Newton Stewart and east of Stranraer. It has a population of about 1,000...
district of the Dumfries and Galloway region
Regions and districts of Scotland
The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
. The region became a unitary council area in 1996.
The committee's current members are:
- Mr Grahame A Forster (Chair)
- Mr Thomas K Sloan (Convener)
- Mr John Agnew MBE
- Mr Alistair Geddes
- Mr Robert J Higgins
- Ms Sandra McDowall
- Dr Joan Mitchell
- Mr Fred B Murray
- Mr Willie Scobie