He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party.
[2] Hayden resided in Killarney, Manitoba during his political career.
He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1914, and lost to Conservative incumbent George Lawrence by 68 votes in the Killarney constituency.
He ran for re-election in the 1920 campaign, but lost to Farmer candidate Samuel Fletcher[2] by 396 votes.
Hayden died in the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain at the age of 76.