Biggar (former provincial electoral district)

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.

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly # MLA Served Party 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 Hassard 1934–1938 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

|Conservative |Lachlan MacDonald |align="right"|552 |align="right"|42.27% |align="right"|– |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|1,306 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|Conservative |William George Dunbar |align="right"|1,500 |align="right"|42.99% |align="right"|+0.72 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,489 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,810 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,318 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|Conservative |William Willoughby Miller |align="right"|2,733 |align="right"|51.67% |align="right"|-

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,289 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|Farmer-Labour |Warren Hart |align="right"|2,044 |align="right"|36.33% |align="right"|–

|Conservative |William Willoughby Miller |align="right"|1,296 |align="right"|23.03% |align="right"|-28.64 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,627 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|CCF |John Allan Young |align="right"|3,341 |align="right"|45.28% |align="right"|+8.95

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,378 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|CCF |Woodrow S. Lloyd |align="right"|3,633 |align="right"|62.76% |align="right"|+17.48

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,789 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|CCF |Woodrow S. Lloyd |align="right"|3,695 |align="right"|55.30% |align="right"|-7.46

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|6,682 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|CCF |Woodrow S. Lloyd |align="right"|3,811 |align="right"|64.18% |align="right"|+8.88

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,938 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|CCF |Woodrow S. Lloyd |align="right"|3,182 |align="right"|56.10% |align="right"|-8.08

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,672 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|CCF |Woodrow S. Lloyd |align="right"|3,049 |align="right"|51.66% |align="right"|-4.44

|Prog. Conservative |Jack Lehmond |align="right"|663 |align="right"|11.23% |align="right"|-

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,902 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|CCF |Woodrow S. Lloyd |align="right"|2,875 |align="right"|48.02% |align="right"|-3.64

|Prog. Conservative |George Loucks |align="right"|1,120 |align="right"|18.71% |align="right"|+7.48 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,987 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|NDP |Woodrow S. Lloyd |align="right"|2,916 |align="right"|50.09% |align="right"|+2.07

|Prog. Conservative |Peter Wiebe |align="right"|1,334 |align="right"|22.92% |align="right"|+4.21 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,821 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|NDP |Elwood L. Cowley |align="right"|3,599 |align="right"|61.96% |align="right"|+11.87

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,809 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|NDP |Elwood L. Cowley |align="right"|3,223 |align="right"|48.47% |align="right"|-13.49

|Prog. Conservative |Ralph Young |align="right"|1,906 |align="right"|28.67% |align="right"|-

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|6,649 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|NDP |Elwood L. Cowley |align="right"|4,787 |align="right"|55.61% |align="right"|+7.14

|Prog. Conservative |Roy Norris |align="right"|3,270 |align="right"|37.98% |align="right"|+9.31

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,609 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative |Harry Baker |align="right"|4,437 |align="right"|55.63% |align="right"|+17.65

|style="width: 130px"|NDP |Elwood L. Cowley |align="right"|3,070 |align="right"|38.50% |align="right"|-17.11

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,975 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative |Harry Baker |align="right"|3,882 |align="right"|50.26% |align="right"|-5.37

|NDP |Pat Trask |align="right"|3,449 |align="right"|44.65% |align="right"|+6.15

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,724 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|NDP |Grant Whitmore |align="right"|3,710 |align="right"|47.62% |align="right"|+2.97

|Prog. Conservative |Harry Baker |align="right"|2,307 |align="right"|29.62% |align="right"|-20.64

|Independent |Donald W. Kavanagh |align="right"|65 |align="right"|0.83% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,790 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

See also List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts List of Saskatchewan general elections Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

Saskatchewan Archives Board - Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division

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