[2] Fielding entered provincial politics in the 1941 election, winning the Halifax West riding.
[5] In December 1949, Fielding was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Municipal Affairs.
[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.
[9] In 1965, Fielding was appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, serving until his retirement in 1968.