Biggar
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Biggar may refer to:
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[edit] Places
- Biggar, Cumbria, England
- Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
[edit] Electoral districts (Saskatchewan, Canada)
- Biggar (electoral district), provincial electoral district since 2002
- Biggar (former provincial electoral district), provincial electoral district 1912–1995
- Rosetown—Biggar, federal electoral district from 1935–68
- Saskatoon—Biggar, federal electoral district from 1968–78
- Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, federal electoral district since 1997
[edit] People
- Dan Biggar (born 1989), Welsh international rugby player
- Henry Percival Biggar, (1872-1938), Canadian historian of New France
- James Lyons Biggar 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 Biggar, (1843–????) , Ontario farmer and political figure
- Joseph Biggar (1828–1890), Irish politician
- Colonel Oliver Mowat Biggar (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 Officer
- Paula Biggar, 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 Biggar, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario
- William Hodgins Biggar, KC (1852–1922), Ontario lawyer, political figure, and vice president & general counsel for the Grand Trunk (Canadian National) Railway
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Biggar Airport
- Biggar Lake, a lake to the east of North Tea Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park
- Biggar Museum Trust
- Biggar Railway Station (Grand Trunk Pacific)
- Biggar RFC
- Biggar Road
- Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway
[edit] See also
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