 As a UBAD member, he was one of the nine candidates running in coalition with the National Independence Party in 1971 Belize City Council elections, in which the coalition lost badly.Hyde ran for the Belize House as a UBAD candidate in the Belize City-based Collet constituency in 1974.Although he finished a distant third, Hyde was widely seen as a spoiler in the race as the outcome was decided by one vote.