Background
He was born in Hampshire in England.
He was born in Hampshire in England.
In 1916 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Darwin. He joined the Country Party in 1922 and from October to November 1923 served as temporary Opposition Leader, a position he held again from October 1924 to July 1925. Hobbs was defeated in 1934 and died in Ulverstone in 1936.
In 1925 he became a member of Walter Lee"s "Liberal" grouping in parliament, before eventually rejoining the Nationalists.
