Murray Biggar

Murray Clement Biggar was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario in 1895.

During his term in office, the municipal council embarked on the town's first major public works projects, awarding contracts to M.N. McCarthy and W.H. Plummer for the construction of sewage, waterworks and electrical systems. He was rumoured to have drowned in Lake Ramsey, He had gone briefly to Yukon to prospect in the Klondike Gold Rush, but then moved to San Francisco after failing to stake a mining claim. The play's cast included the city's current mayor, Brian Bigger, as well as local writers Matthew Heiti and Roger Nash.