Biggar (former provincial electoral district)
Biggar is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered 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 provincial constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
# | MLA | Served | Party | |
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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 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
Saskatchewan general election, 1912:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Charles Henry Cawthorpe | 754 | 57.73% | – | |
Conservative | Lachlan MacDonald | 552 | 42.27% | – | |
Total | 1,306 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1917:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | George Hamilton Harris | 1,989 | 57.01% | -0.72 | |
Conservative | William George Dunbar | 1,500 | 42.99% | +0.72 | |
Total | 3,489 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1921:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive | John Meikle | 2,293 | 60.18% | – | |
Liberal | Lorne V. Locker | 1,517 | 39.82% | -17.19 | |
Total | 3,810 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1925:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Robert Pelham Hassard | 1,758 | 52.98% | +13.16 | |
Progressive | John Meikle | 1,560 | 47.02% | -13.16 | |
Total | 3,318 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1929:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | William Willoughby Miller | 2,733 | 51.67% | - | |
Liberal | Robert Pelham Hassard | 2,014 | 38.08% | -14.90 | |
Progressive | George Robert Bickerton | 542 | 10.25% | -36.77 | |
Total | 5,289 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1934:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Robert Pelham Hassard | 2,287 | 40.64% | +2.56 | |
Farmer-Labour | Warren Hart | 2,044 | 36.33% | – | |
Conservative | William Willoughby Miller | 1,296 | 23.03% | -28.64 | |
Total | 5,627 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1938:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
CCF | John Allan Young | 3,341 | 45.28% | +8.95 | |
Liberal | Robert Pelham Hassard | 3,196 | 43.32% | +2.68 | |
Social Credit | Henry A. Gardner | 841 | 11.40% | – | |
Total | 7,378 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1944:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
CCF | Woodrow S. Lloyd | 3,633 | 62.76% | +17.48 | |
Liberal | Frank Freeman | 2,156 | 37.24% | -6.08 | |
Total | 5,789 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1948:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
CCF | Woodrow S. Lloyd | 3,695 | 55.30% | -7.46 | |
Liberal | Andrew S. Shaw | 2,987 | 44.70% | +7.46 | |
Total | 6,682 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1952:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
CCF | Woodrow S. Lloyd | 3,811 | 64.18% | +8.88 | |
Liberal | Andrew S. Shaw | 2,127 | 35.82% | -8.88 | |
Total | 5,938 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1956:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
CCF | Woodrow S. Lloyd | 3,182 | 56.10% | -8.08 | |
Liberal | Frank Freeman | 1,720 | 30.32% | -5.50 | |
Social Credit | Edward W. Maybuck | 770 | 13.58% | - | |
Total | 5,672 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1960:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
CCF | Woodrow S. Lloyd | 3,049 | 51.66% | -4.44 | |
Liberal | Andrew D. Hutchison | 1,932 | 32.74% | +2.42 | |
Prog. Conservative | Jack Lehmond | 663 | 11.23% | - | |
Social Credit | Henry Neufeld | 258 | 4.37% | -9.21 | |
Total | 5,902 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1964:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
CCF | Woodrow S. Lloyd | 2,875 | 48.02% | -3.64 | |
Liberal | Benson M. Blacklock | 1,992 | 33.27% | +0.53 | |
Prog. Conservative | George Loucks | 1,120 | 18.71% | +7.48 | |
Total | 5,987 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1967:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
NDP | Woodrow S. Lloyd | 2,916 | 50.09% | +2.07 | |
Liberal | Elmer McNiven | 1,571 | 26.99% | -6.28 | |
Prog. Conservative | Peter Wiebe | 1,334 | 22.92% | +4.21 | |
Total | 5,821 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1971:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
NDP | Elwood L. Cowley | 3,599 | 61.96% | +11.87 | |
Liberal | Jim Hill | 2,210 | 38.04% | +11.05 | |
Total | 5,809 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1975:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
NDP | Elwood L. Cowley | 3,223 | 48.47% | -13.49 | |
Prog. Conservative | Ralph Young | 1,906 | 28.67% | - | |
Liberal | Arthur Meister | 1,520 | 22.86% | -15.18 | |
Total | 6,649 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1978:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
NDP | Elwood L. Cowley | 4,787 | 55.61% | +7.14 | |
Prog. Conservative | Roy Norris | 3,270 | 37.98% | +9.31 | |
Liberal | Lynn Tokle | 552 | 6.41% | -16.45 | |
Total | 8,609 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1982:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | Harry Baker | 4,437 | 55.63% | +17.65 | |
NDP | Elwood L. Cowley | 3,070 | 38.50% | -17.11 | |
Western Canada Concept | Roland F. Chouinard | 327 | 4.10% | - | |
Liberal | Neil Vander Nagel | 141 | 1.77% | -4.64 | |
Total | 7,975 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1986:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | Harry Baker | 3,882 | 50.26% | -5.37 | |
NDP | Pat Trask | 3,449 | 44.65% | +6.15 | |
Liberal | Sharon Hamilton | 393 | 5.09% | +3.32 | |
Total | 7,724 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1991:
Biggar electoral district | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
NDP | Grant Whitmore | 3,710 | 47.62% | +2.97 | |
Prog. Conservative | Harry Baker | 2,307 | 29.62% | -20.64 | |
Liberal | Larry Toner | 1,708 | 21.93% | +16.84 | |
Independent | Donald W. Kavanagh | 65 | 0.83% | - | |
Total | 7,790 | 100.00% |
See also
- Electoral district (Canada)
- List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
- List of Saskatchewan general elections
- List of political parties in Saskatchewan
- Biggar, Saskatchewan
References
Coordinates: 52°05′N 107°35′W / 52.083°N 107.583°W