In 1920, he was elected mayor of
Kerrobert, Saskatchewan. In
1929, he was
elected as the
Conservative candidate to the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan and was the
Chief Whip in
Premier James Thomas Milton Anderson's co-operative government. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan from 1 March 1963 until 1 February 1970. The convention hall in the new
Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts was originally named Hanbidge Hall but has subsequently been renamed twice. Hanbidge Crescent in Regina is also named in his honour. ==References==