Samuel Clarke Biggs was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician in the province of Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

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Born in Ancaster

Ancaster, Ontario

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, Wentworth County, Canada West, the son of Richard Biggs and Eleanor Wood, Biggs was educated at Victoria College in Cobourg, and the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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 where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1872. He studied to be a lawyer and was made a King's Counsel in 1884. He moved to Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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 in 1875 and became the head of the law firm of Biggs, Dawson and Curran. From 1878 to 1879, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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 and was Minister of Public Works in 1879. In 1878, he help to establish the established The Winnipeg Daily Sun. He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and then returned to Toronto

Toronto

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