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    Stranraer and the Rhins (Ward 1) is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of Dumfries and Galloway Council in Scotland. It elects four Councillors...
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    centre and largest settlement is the town of Dumfries. The second largest town is Stranraer, located 76 miles (122 km) to the west of Dumfries on the North...
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    area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The Dumfries and Galloway constituency consists of the electoral wards of: In whole: Stranraer and The...
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    Galloway: Stranraer and the Rhins Mid Galloway and Wigtown West Dee and Glenkens Castle Douglas and Crocketford Abbey North West Dumfries The Galloway and West...
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    in Dumfries and Galloway for the last 32 years. He has served as a councillor for Stranraer and the Rhins since 3 May 2007. Prior to the introduction...
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    Dumfries and Galloway. It resulted in a council composition with no party receiving a majority of seats. The election used the twelve wards created as...
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    Dunskey Castle (category Rhins of Galloway)
    by the Adairs of Kinhilt (the Hall of Dunskey was rebuilt and was 36feet by 17feet). The Adairs built the Castle of St. John in nearby Stranraer Wigtownshire...
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    thirteen wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable...
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    The 1990 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election, the fifth election to Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council, was held on 3 May 1990 as part...
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    the twelve wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable...
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  • general election. The election was the first one using 13 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three...
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