Hanbidge Crescent:

Robert Leith (Dinny) Hanbidge came to Regina on a $10.00 excursion ticket. His “brief” excursion became a 50 year stay, during which time he established a successful law practice and was appointed Saskatchewan’s 12th Lieutenant Governor (1963 to 1970). Robert Hanbidge started his law career in 1909, articling with Regina lawyer Sir Frederick Haultain and he was later admitted to the Bar in 1915. The young lawyer established his practice in the community of Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, which he maintained until his appointment as Saskatchewan’s Lieutenant Governor in1963.

In 1929 Robert Hanbidge was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature and was the Chief Whip for the Conservative Government headed by Premier J.T.M. Anderson until 1934. Hanbidge was elected to the House of Commons in 1958 and represented the constituency of Kindersley until 1963.

When Robert Hanbidge retired as Saskatchewan’s Lieutenant Governor in 1970, Ross Thatcher, then Premier of Saskatchewan, remarked that Hanbidge:

“ …was one of those citizens who, over the years, has helped to shove and push Saskatchewan into the 20th Century. He has occupied his high office with dignity and graciousness and with a complete lack of stuffiness”.