Biggar (electoral district)

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Biggar
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Saskatchewan electoral district
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Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
First contested2002
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Population (2001)16,500
Electors 10,758
Census division(s) 12, 16

Biggar was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This former constituency, located in west central Saskatchewan, has an economy based primarily on mixed farming and alfalfa production, and oil production. Biggar is home to Prairie Malt Ltd. (the first malt plant in Saskatchewan) and is situated in the heart of Canada's prime barley-growing region. The Miller Western Palo Salt Mine is located 27 km west of Biggar. The 25 staff members produce sodium sulfate for shipping throughout Canada and the central United States. The major communities are Biggar (2,243), Wilkie (1,282) and Langham (1,145).

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History

Riding

The riding was originally created for the 1912 general election and was abolished following the 1991 general election. [1] Woodrow Stanley Lloyd of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (later the CCF-NDP) represented the riding from 1944 until 1971 and as Premier of Saskatchewan from 1961 to 1964.

This riding was re-created by the Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan). It is made up of areas of the Redberry Lake, Rosetown-Biggar, Battlefords-Cut Knife and Kindersley ridings. Both the riding of Redberry Lake and the riding of Rosetown-Biggar were new ridings created by the Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan).

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Prior to the 1999 Saskatchewan general election, when the Saskatchewan Party made inroads, people in this area of the province generally elected NDP and PC MLAs.

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 1.Randy Weekes2003 – 2016Saskatchewan Party

Election results

Saskatchewan General Election 2003: Biggar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Randy Weekes3,89953.57%
  NDP Lee W. Pearce2,62836.11%
Liberal Steven Dribnenki75110.32%
Total7,278100.00%
Saskatchewan General Election 2007: Biggar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Randy Weekes4,49959.93%+6.36
  NDP Ken Crush2,31130.78%-5.33
Liberal Nathan Jeffries4936.57%-3.75
Green Darryl Amey2042.72%
Total7,507100.00%
2011 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Randy Weekes 4,49368.15%+8.22
New Democratic Glenn Wright1,69525.71%−5.07
Green Darryl Amey2063.12%+0.14
Progressive Conservative James Yanchyshen1712.59%
Western Independence Dana Arnason280.43%
Total6,593 100.00%

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References

  1. "Saskatchewan Archives Board – Provincial Election Results By Electoral Division" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. July 6, 2020.

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