 He returned to Hobart in 1953, where he practised alongside Reg Wright, to whom he was articled at the University of Tasmania.Bingham entered the Tasmanian Parliament when he was elected as a member for Denison at the 1969 state election on 10 May.On 26 May, he was made a minister in Angus Bethune's cabinet, becoming Attorney-General and Minister Administering the Police Department and the Licensing Act; also briefly holding the Health and Road Safety portfolio from March to May 1972.