Post Career
In 1936, Hainsworth became a radio inspector with Dominion Electrohome Ltd. During World War II, he was a member of Kitchener's civil defence guard. In 1949, he was elected to Kitchener's city council.
Hainsworth died in a head-on collision between his car and a light panel truck near Gravenhurst, Ontario on October 9, 1950. Hainsworth was pronounced dead at the scene from several broken ribs which punctured his heart. He was 55. Hainsworth was returning home from Val D'Or, Quebec where he and his wife had visited their son Bill. His funeral was held October 13 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Kitchener and the burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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