Biggar
Encyclopedia
Places
- Biggar, CumbriaBiggar, CumbriaBiggar is a village towards the south of Walney Island in Cumbria, England. Along with the village of North Scale, it is the oldest settlement on the island. It now forms part of the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness....
, England - Biggar, SaskatchewanBiggar, SaskatchewanBiggar is a town in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on Highway #14, west of Saskatoon, the province’s most populous city. Biggar has become well known for its unusual town slogan, an Olympic athlete, and a world-record deer...
, Canada - Biggar, South LanarkshireBiggar, South LanarkshireBiggar is a town and former burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, around 30 miles from Edinburgh along the A702. The closest towns are Lanark and Peebles, and as such Biggar serves a wide rural area...
, Scotland
Electoral districts (Saskatchewan, Canada)
- Biggar (electoral district)Biggar (electoral district)Biggar is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This 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. and is situated...
, provincial electoral district since 2002 - Biggar (former provincial electoral district)Biggar (former provincial electoral district)Biggar is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. 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...
, provincial electoral district 1912–1995 - Rosetown—BiggarRosetown—BiggarRosetown—Biggar was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Kindersley and Rosetown ridings....
, federal electoral district from 1935–68 - Saskatoon—BiggarSaskatoon—BiggarSaskatoon—Biggar was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1978....
, federal electoral district from 1968–78 - Saskatoon—Rosetown—BiggarSaskatoon—Rosetown—BiggarSaskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...
, federal electoral district since 1997
People
- Dan BiggarDan BiggarDaniel 'Dan' Biggar is a Welsh international rugby union outside-half, currently playing club rugby for the Ospreys...
(born 1989), Welsh international rugby player - Henry Percival BiggarHenry Percival BiggarHenry Percival Biggar was a historian and Canadian archivist. After studies at the Upper Canada College of Toronto, at the University of Toronto and at the University of Oxford, he worked with Archives nationales du Canada and became chief archivist of Canada in Europe from 1905 until his...
, (1872-1938), Canadian historian of New France - James Lyons BiggarJames Lyons BiggarJames Lyons Biggar was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Northumberland East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1874 to 1878 as an Independent Liberal....
M.P. (1824–1879), Ontario merchant and political figure - General James Lyons Biggar (1856-1922),a professional soldier whose career commenced early in Canada's post Confederation history that saw the transfer of military influence from Britain to the Canadian militia. Biggar's service also included that involving the South African war (he headed the 15th Canadian Field Hospital) and that involving the Great War (he was Director of Supplies and Transportation).
- John Walter Scott BiggarJohn Walter Scott BiggarJohn Walter Scott Biggar was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Bruce North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1886 to 1890....
, (1843–????) , Ontario farmer and political figure - Joseph BiggarJoseph BiggarJoseph Gillis Biggar , commonly known as Joe Biggar or J. G. Biggar, was an Irish nationalist politician from Belfast...
(1828–1890), Irish politician - Colonel Oliver Mowat BiggarColonel Oliver Mowat BiggarColonel Oliver Mowat Biggar was born in Toronto, Canada. His father was Charles Robert Webster Biggar, a lawyer and his mother was Jane Helen Mowat ....
(1876-1948), lawyer, soldier (Judge Advocate General for Canada) and Public Servant (delegate, and chief legal adviser to the Paris Peace Conferences in 1919) and Canada's First Chief Electoral OfficerChief Electoral Officer (Canada)The Chief Electoral Officer is the person responsible for overseeing elections in Canada.The position of Chief Electoral Officer was created in 1920 by the Dominion Elections Act. The Chief Electoral Officer is appointed by a resolution of the Canadian House of Commons... - Paula BiggarPaula BiggarPaula Biggar is a Canadian politician.She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Tyne Valley-Linkletter and is a member of the Liberal Party...
, Canadian politician - Robert Biggar (1761-1836), Ontario Pioneer from Scotland & Bath, New York who settled near Brantford on property purchased from Chief Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant)
- Robert Biggar, (1813–1838), settler leader in the Battle of the Tugela, Natalia
- Sanford Dennis BiggarSanford Dennis BiggarSanford Dennis Biggar was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1905 to 1906....
, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario - William Hodgins BiggarWilliam Hodgins BiggarWilliam Hodgins Biggar was an Ontario business lawyer and political figure. He represented Hastings West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1890 to 1898.He also served on the parliamentary Committee overseeing the construction of the Legislative Assembly building for...
, KC (1852–1922), Ontario lawyer, political figure, and vice president & general counsel for the Grand Trunk (Canadian National) Railway
Miscellaneous
- Biggar AirportBiggar AirportBiggar Airport, , is located adjacent to Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada.-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...
- Biggar Lake, a lake to the east of North Tea LakeNorth Tea LakeNorth Tea Lake is a lake in the Ottawa River drainage basin in the geographic townships of Ballantyne and Wilkes in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Amable du Fond River and lies in the northwest of Algonquin Provincial Park...
in Algonquin Provincial ParkAlgonquin Provincial ParkAlgonquin Provincial Park is a provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in Central Ontario, Canada, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. Additions since its creation have increased... - Biggar Museum TrustBiggar Museum TrustBiggar Museum Trust consists of several museums based in and around the town of Biggar in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was largely started on the initiative of several individuals, notably Brian Lambie, some years ago, and is both non-profit and independent of local government; indeed,...
- Biggar Railway Station (Grand Trunk Pacific)
- Biggar RFCBiggar RFCBiggar RFC was formed in 1975 by five men who had been heavily involved in rugby clubs in their younger days and thought that the area might just stand a chance of raising a new social rugby club. These were Dr...
- Biggar RoadBiggar RoadBiggar Road is in Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland....
- Symington, Biggar and Broughton RailwaySymington, Biggar and Broughton RailwayThe Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway Company was a railway in southern Scotland. It was later absorbed by the Caledonian Railway, and is now closed...