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Biggar is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

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electoral district

Electoral district

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for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada

Canada

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. This constituency, located in west central Saskatchewan, has an economy based primarily on mixed farming and alfalfa production, and oil production. Biggar

Biggar, Saskatchewan

Biggar 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...

is home to Prairie Malt Ltd. (the first malt plant in Saskatchewan) and is situated in the heart of Canada's prime barley-growing region. The Miller Western Palo Salt Mine is located 27 km west of Biggar. The 25 staff members produce sodium sulfate for shipping throughout Canada and the central United States. The major communities are Biggar (2,243), Wilkie

Wilkie, Saskatchewan

Wilkie is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada located at Section 5, Township 40, Range 19, west of the 3rd Meridian .On February 2, 1907, the first post office was established with the name Glenlogan at Section 4, Township 40, Range 19, west of the 3rd Meridian. The post office changed names on October...

(1,282) and Langham

Langham, Saskatchewan

-Neighboring Communities:Rural Saskatchewan is known for the support that communities give each other in the form of attending community activities, sharing sport teams, and building friendships among children and adults from neighboring towns and cities. Communities that surround Langham include...

(1,145).

Riding

The riding was originally created

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...

for the 1912 general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1912

The Saskatchewan general election of 1912 was the third provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on July 11, 1912 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Premier Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to a third term in office with...

and was abolished following the 1991 general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1991

The Saskatchewan general election of 1991 was the twenty-second provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 21, 1991, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

. Woodrow Stanley Lloyd

Woodrow Stanley Lloyd

Woodrow Stanley Lloyd was a Canadian politician who succeeded Tommy Douglas as Premier of the Province of Saskatchewan. Douglas left provincial politics to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party....

of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

(later the CCF-NDP) represented the riding from 1944 until 1971 and as Premier of Saskatchewan

Premier of Saskatchewan

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from 1961 to 1964.

This riding was re-created by the Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan). It is made up of areas of the Redberry Lake, Rosetown-Biggar, Battlefords-Cut Knife and Kindersley ridings. Both the riding of Redberry Lake and the riding of Rosetown-Biggar were new ridings created by the Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan).

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Prior to the 1999 Saskatchewan general election, when the Saskatchewan Party made inroads, people in this area of the province generally elected NDP and PC MLAs.

	\|MLA	\|Party	1.	Randy Weekes	2003 – Current	Saskatchewan Party

Previous MLAs:
- Redberry Lake: Randy Weekes, Saskatchewan Party
- Rosetown-Biggar: Elwin Hermanson, Saskatchewan Party
- Battlefords-Cut Knife: Wally Lorenz, Saskatchewan Party
- Kindersley: Jason Dearborn, Saskatchewan Party

Election results

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| style="width: 130px" |Saskatchewan Party

Saskatchewan Party

The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...

|Randy Weekes
|align="right"|4,493
|align="right"|68.15%
|align="right"|+8.22

|NDP
|Glenn Wright
|align="right"|1,695
|align="right"|25.71%
|align="right"|-5.07

|Greens

Green Party of Saskatchewan

The Green Party of Saskatchewan is a left-leaning Green political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.It was founded in 1998 as the New Green Alliance by environmental and social justice activists frustrated by the social democratic Saskatchewan New Democratic Party's move to the right...

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan

The Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan is a provincial political party in Saskatchewan, Canada. It advocates the independence of Saskatchewan, and the formation of a new country. It is not affiliated with any federal party...

Saskatchewan Party

|Randy Weekes
|align="right"|4,499
|align="right"|59.93%
|align="right"|+6.36

|NDP
|Ken Crush
|align="right"|2,311
|align="right"|30.78%
|align="right"|-5.33

|Liberal
|Nathan Jeffries
|align="right"|493
|align="right"|6.57%
|align="right"|-3.75

|Greens

Green Party of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Party

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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