As Premier, Hazen combatted political corruption and fought attempts by the federal government to reduce the Maritime's representation in the federal House of Commons.
He left provincial politics in 1911 to become minister of marine and fisheries and minster of naval services in the government of Sir Robert Borden. During the First World War he served in the Imperial War Cabinet. Hazen left politics in October 1917 to become chief justice of New Brunswick.
He was interred in the Fernhill Cemetery in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Hazen entered politics in 1885 when he was elected as an alderman in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Hazen was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the 1891 federal election.
As premier, Hazen fought political corruption and attempts by the federal government to reduce the Maritime provinces' representation in the federal House of Commons.