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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Henry Cawthorpe | 754 | 57.73% | – | |
Conservative | Lachlan MacDonald | 552 | 42.27% | – | |
Total | 1,306 | 100.00% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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