What is "biggar"

Biggar may refer to:

Biggar was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This former 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. (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 (1,282) and Langham (1,145).

Biggar is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered 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 provincial constituency.

Biggar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alastair Biggar (1946–2016), Scottish international rugby union player
• Alexander Biggar (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ann-Maree Biggar (active from 1989), Australian television presenter
• Billy Biggar (18741935), English footballer
• Dan Biggar (born 1989), Welsh international rugby union player
• Henry Percival Biggar (18721938), Canadian historian of New France
• Herbert Biggar (180992), merchant, farmer and political figure in Canada West
• James Lyons Biggar (182479), Ontario merchant and political figure
• James Lyons Biggar (general) (18561922), Canadian soldier
• John Walter Scott Biggar (184397), Ontario farmer and political figure
• Joseph Biggar (Joe or J. G. Biggar, 182890), Irish politician
• Murray Biggar, Canadian politician, mayor of Sudbury, Ontario in 1895
• Oliver Mowat Biggar (18761948), Canadian lawyer and civil servant
• Paula Biggar (active from 2007), Canadian politician
• Robert Biggar (17611836), Ontario pioneer from Scotland who settled near Brantford
• Sanford Dennis Biggar, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario 190506
• William Hodgins Biggar (18521922), Ontario lawyer and political figure