at Wigtown) William Dalrymple: 3 votes (New Gallowat, Stranraer, Whithorn) George Johnstone: 1 vote (Wigtown) 1790 (12 July) general election (election at Whithorn) Nisbet Balfour: 2 votes Lord Daer: 2 votes Balfour elected by Whithorn's casting vote 1796 (20 June) general election (election at New Galloway) John Spalding: Unopposed 1802 general election (election at Stranraer) John Spalding: 3 votes Robert Vans Agnew: 1 vote Resigned 1803 (29 July) by-election (election at Stranraer) William Stewart: Unopposed Resigned 1805 (9 August) by-election (election at Stranraer) James Graham: Unopposed 1806 (24 November) general election (election at Wigtown) Edward Richard Stewart: Unopposed 1807 general election (election at Whithorn) Edward Richard Stewart: Unopposed Appointed a Commissioner for victualling the Navy 1809 (27 February) by-election (election at Whithorn) Lyndon Evelyn (Tory): Unopposed 1812 (30 October) general election (election at New Galloway) James Henry Keith Stewart (Tory): Unopposed 1818 general election (election at Stranraer) James Henry Keith Stewart (Tory): Unopposed 1820 general election (election at Wigtown) James Henry Keith Stewart (Tory): Unopposed Resigned 1821 (21 March) by-election (election at Wigtown) John Osborn (Tory): Unopposed Appointed a Commissioner for Auditing Public Accounts 1824 (4 March) by-election (election at Wigtown) Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (Tory): Unopposed 1826 (3 July) general election (election at Whithorn) John Henry Lowther (Tory): Unopposed 1830 general election (election at New Galloway) John Henry Lowther (Tory): Unopposed 1831 (23 May) general election (election at Stranraer) Edward Stewart (Whig): Unopposed 1832 general election 316 electors, 296 voted, turnout 93.67% Edward Stewart (Liberal) 159 (53.72%) John McTaggart (Liberal) 137 (46.29%) majority 22 (7.43%) 1835 (19 January) general election 362 electors, 306 voted, turnout 84.53% John McTaggart (Liberal) 224 (73.20%) John Douglas (Liberal) 82 (26.80%) majority 142 (46.41%) 1837 general election 380 electors, 267 voted, turnout 70.26% John McTaggart (Liberal) 151 (56.55%) Andrew Agnew (Liberal) 116 (43.45%) majority 35 (13.11%) Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s Dunbar was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election. Elections in the 1860s Dunbar resigned after being appointed Commissioner for Auditing the Public Accounts, causing a by-election. Young was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election. Elections in the 1870s On the initial count, Stewart had received 525 votes compared to Young's 517. However, on petition, his election was declared void and the above results were given after scrutiny. Nevertheless, by the time the petition was heard, Young had been appointed Senator of