[2] Fielding received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics from the University of Manitoba.
He was the fundraising chair for the Bourkevale Community Club as well as being appointed by Mayor Sam Katz to the board of the Winnipeg Convention Centre.
[4] In the 1995 provincial election, he ran against Liberal MLA Kevin Lamoureux as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.
In his first election, he defeated longtime incumbent Jae Eadie, scoring 48% of the vote in his ward in a four-way race.
The commission looked at ways to reduce wasteful spending and proposed ideas on how to eliminate the business tax.