Robert Leith "Dinny" Hanbidge (16 March 1891 – 25 July 1974) was a Canadian lawyer, municipal, provincial and federal politician, and the 12th

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, from 1963 to 1970.

Early life

Born in Southampton, Ontario, the son of Robert and Fanny (Murton) Hanbidge, he graduated from the Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute in 1909 and moved to

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where he took the Saskatchewan Law Society law course. He articled in the law firm of Sir Frederick Haultain, former Premier of the North-West Territories, and became a member of the Saskatchewan Law Society in 1915. He was appointed a

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in 1933. In 1915, he married Jane Mitchell. His son, Robert Donald Keith Hanbidge, a Flying Officer in the

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, was killed during

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. From 1911 to 1913, he played football for the Regina Rugby Club (now the

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Political career

In 1920, he was elected mayor of Kerrobert, Saskatchewan. In 1929, he was elected as the

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candidate to the

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and was the

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James Thomas Milton Anderson's co-operative government. He first ran for the

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as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of

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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

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. 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanbidge, Robert 1891 births 1974 deaths Canadian King's Counsel Lieutenant governors of Saskatchewan Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan People from Bruce County Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Saskatchewan Roughriders players Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs 20th-century mayors of places in Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada