Biggar (former provincial electoral district)

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Biggar is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centred on the town of Biggar. This district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912. The riding was dissolved and combined with the Rosetown district to form Rosetown-Biggar before the 23rd Saskatchewan general election in 1995. It was the constituency of Premier Woodrow S. Lloyd.

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It is now part of the Biggar-Sask Valley constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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 1. Charles Henry Cawthorpe 1912–1917 Liberal
 2. George Hamilton Harris 1917–1921 Liberal
 3. John Meikle 1921–1925 Progressive
 4. Robert Pelham Hassard 1925–1929 Liberal
 5. William Willoughby Miller 1929–1934 Conservative
 6.Robert Pelham Hassard1934–1938 Liberal
 7. John Allan Young 1938–1944 CCF
 8. Woodrow S. Lloyd 1944–1971 CCF-NDP
 9. Elwood L. Cowley 1971–1982 New Democrat
 10. Harry Baker 1982–1991 Progressive Conservative
 11. Grant Whitmore 1991–1995 New Democrat

Election results

1912 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Henry Cawthorpe 75457.73%
  Conservative Lachlan MacDonald55242.27%
Total1,306100.00%
1917 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Hamilton Harris 1,98957.01%-0.72
  Conservative William George Dunbar1,50042.99%+0.72
Total3,489100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive John Meikle 2,29360.18%
Liberal Lorne V. Locker1,51739.82%-17.19
Total3,810100.00%
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Pelham Hassard 1,75852.98%+13.16
Progressive John Meikle 1,56047.02%-13.16
Total3,318100.00%
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative William Willoughby Miller 2,73351.67%-
Liberal Robert Pelham Hassard 2,01438.08%-14.90
Progressive George Robert Bickerton54210.25%-36.77
Total5,289100.00%
1934 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Pelham Hassard 2,28740.64%+2.56
  Farmer-Labour Warren Hart2,04436.33%
  Conservative William Willoughby Miller 1,29623.03%-28.64
Total5,627100.00%
1938 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF John Allan Young 3,34145.28%+8.95
Liberal Robert Pelham Hassard 3,19643.32%+2.68
Social Credit Henry A. Gardner84111.40%
Total7,378100.00%
1944 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Woodrow S. Lloyd 3,63362.76%+17.48
Liberal Frank Freeman2,15637.24%-6.08
Total5,789100.00%
1948 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Woodrow S. Lloyd 3,69555.30%-7.46
Liberal Andrew S. Shaw2,98744.70%+7.46
Total6,682100.00%
1952 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Woodrow S. Lloyd 3,81164.18%+8.88
Liberal Andrew S. Shaw2,12735.82%-8.88
Total5,938100.00%
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Woodrow S. Lloyd 3,18256.10%-8.08
Liberal Frank Freeman1,72030.32%-5.50
Social Credit Edward W. Maybuck77013.58%-
Total5,672100.00%
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Woodrow S. Lloyd 3,04951.66%-4.44
Liberal Andrew D. Hutchison1,93232.74%+2.42
  Prog. Conservative Jack Lehmond66311.23%-
Social Credit Henry Neufeld2584.37%-9.21
Total5,902100.00%
1964 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Woodrow S. Lloyd 2,87548.02%-3.64
Liberal Benson M. Blacklock1,99233.27%+0.53
  Prog. Conservative George Loucks1,12018.71%+7.48
Total5,987100.00%
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Woodrow S. Lloyd 2,91650.09%+2.07
Liberal Elmer McNiven1,57126.99%-6.28
  Prog. Conservative Peter Wiebe1,33422.92%+4.21
Total5,821100.00%
1971 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Elwood L. Cowley 3,59961.96%+11.87
Liberal Jim Hill2,21038.04%+11.05
Total5,809100.00%
1975 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Elwood L. Cowley 3,22348.47%-13.49
  Prog. Conservative Ralph Young1,90628.67%-
Liberal Arthur Meister1,52022.86%-15.18
Total6,649100.00%
1978 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Elwood L. Cowley 4,78755.61%+7.14
  Prog. Conservative Roy Norris3,27037.98%+9.31
Liberal Lynn Tokle5526.41%-16.45
Total8,609100.00%
1982 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Harry Baker 4,43755.63%+17.65
  NDP Elwood L. Cowley 3,07038.50%-17.11
Western Canada Concept Roland F. Chouinard3274.10%-
Liberal Neil Vander Nagel1411.77%-4.64
Total7,975100.00%
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Harry Baker 3,88250.26%-5.37
  NDP Pat Trask3,44944.65%+6.15
Liberal Sharon Hamilton3935.09%+3.32
Total7,724100.00%
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Biggar electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Grant Whitmore 3,71047.62%+2.97
  Prog. Conservative Harry Baker 2,30729.62%-20.64
Liberal Larry Toner1,70821.93%+16.84
  Independent Donald W. Kavanagh650.83%-
Total7,790100.00%

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Coordinates: 52°05′N107°35′W / 52.083°N 107.583°W / 52.083; -107.583