- Robert Hanbidge
Robert Leith (Dinny) Hanbidge (
16 March 1891 –25 July 1974 ) was a Canadian lawyer, municipal, provincial and federal politician, andLieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan .Born in
Southampton, Ontario , the son of Robert and Fanny (Murton) Hanbidge, he graduated from the Owen Sound Collegiate Institute in 1909 and moved toRegina, Saskatchewan where he took the Saskatchewan Law Society law course. He articled in the law firm of SirFrederick Haultain , former Premier of the North-West Territories, and became a member of the Saskatchewan Law Society in 1915. He was appoinhted aKing's Counsel in 1933. In 1915, he married Jane Mitchell. His son, Robert Donald Keith Hanbidge, a Flying Officer in theRoyal Canadian Air Force , was killed duringWorld War II .From 1911 to 1913, he played football for the Regina Rugby Club (now the
Saskatchewan Roughriders ).In 1920, he was elected mayor of
Kerrobert, Saskatchewan . In 1929, he was elected as the Conservative candidate to theLegislative Assembly of Saskatchewan and was the Chief Whip in PremierJames Thomas Milton Anderson 's co-operative government.He first ran for the
Canadian House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Kindersley in the 1945 federal election. Although defeated, he was elected in the 1958 federal election and re-elected in the 1962 federal election. In 1963, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan and served until 1970.In 1968, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the
University of Saskatchewan . He was Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan from March 1, 1963 until February 1, 1970. The convention hall in the newSaskatchewan 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
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Member of Parliament for Kindersley
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