William Stevens Fielding

William Stevens Fielding
7th Premier of Nova Scotia
In office
July 28, 1884 – July 18, 1896
MonarchVictoria
Lieutenant GovernorMatthew Henry Richey
Archibald McLelan
Malachy Bowes Daly
Preceded byWilliam Thomas Pipes
Succeeded byGeorge Henry Murray
MLA for Halifax County
In office
June 20, 1882 – July 18, 1896
Preceded byCharles J. MacDonald
John F. Stairs
William D. Harrington
John Pugh
Succeeded byWilliam Bernard Wallace
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Shelburne and Queen's
In office
August 5, 1896 – September 21, 1911
Preceded byFrancis Gordon Forbes
Succeeded byFleming Blanchard McCurdy
In office
December 17, 1917 – October 29, 1925
Preceded byFleming Blanchard McCurdy
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born(1848-11-24)November 24, 1848
Halifax, Nova Scotia
DiedJune 23, 1929(1929-06-23) (aged 80)
Ottawa
NationalityCanadian
Political partyNova Scotia Liberal Party
Other political
affiliations
Liberal
Unionist Party
Spouse
Hester Rankine
(m. 1876)
Children4 daughters and 1 son
Alma materDalhousie University
OccupationJournalist
ProfessionPolitician
CabinetMinister of Finance (1896–1911) (1921–1925)
Minister of Railways and Canals (acting) (1903–1904) (1907)

William Stevens Fielding, PC (November 24, 1848 – June 23, 1929) was a Canadian Liberal politician, the seventh premier of Nova Scotia (1884–96), and the federal Minister of Finance from 1896 to 1911 and again from 1921 to 1925.