Ronald Manning Fielding
MLA for Halifax Northwest
In office
1956–1960
Preceded bynew riding
Succeeded byGordon H. Fitzgerald
MLA for Halifax West
In office
1941–1956
Preceded byGeorge E. Hagen
Succeeded byCharles H. Reardon
Personal details
Born(1896-10-07)October 7, 1896
Rockingham, Nova Scotia
DiedMarch 1, 1972(1972-03-01) (aged 75)
St. Petersburg, Florida
Political partyNova Scotia Liberal Party
Occupationlawyer

Ronald Manning Fielding (October 7, 1896 – March 1, 1972) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Halifax West and Halifax Northwest in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1960. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Fielding was born in 1896 at Rockingham, Nova Scotia.[2] He was educated at Dalhousie University, and was a lawyer by career.[2] He was a municipal solicitor from 1931–1948, and a county prosecutor from 1933–1946.[2] He married Marion Leck in 1945.[2]

Fielding entered provincial politics in the 1941 election, winning the Halifax West riding.[3] He was re-elected in the 1945[4] and 1949 elections.[5] In December 1949, Fielding was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Municipal Affairs.[2] Fielding was re-elected in the 1953 election.[6] In January 1954, Fielding was given an additional role in cabinet as Provincial Treasurer.[2][7] In June 1956, he was named Minister of Education.[2] In the 1956 election, Fielding was re-elected in the newly established Halifax Northwest riding.[8] Fielding was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1960, losing his seat by 27 votes to Progressive Conservative Gordon H. Fitzgerald.[9]

In 1965, Fielding was appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, serving until his retirement in 1968.[2] He died at St. Petersburg, Florida on March 1, 1972.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Electoral History for Halifax West" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 69. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  3. ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1941" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1941. p. 49. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  4. ↑ "Election Returns 1945" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1945. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  5. ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1949. p. 36. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  6. ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1953" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1953. p. 37. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  7. ↑ "Cabinet reduced from 11 to 9 in Nova Scotia". The Globe and Mail. January 20, 1954.
  8. ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1956. p. 33. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  9. ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1960" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1960. p. 42. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
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