Wigtown Area

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 district of the Dumfries and Galloway region. 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

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