Scott Bradley Fielding is a former Canadian politician. A city councillor in
Winnipeg
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, Canada from 2006 to 2014, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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in the 2016 provincial election. On September 10, 2019, Scott was re-elected as the Member of Manitoba Legislative Assembly from Kirkfield Park. On June 6, 2022 he announced on Twitter that he resigned from Cabinet and will not be seeking re-election.
Education
Fielding received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics from the
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.pharmaceutical sales representative and is part owner of Tiber River Naturals in Winnipeg.
Political career
In the 1995 provincial election, he ran against Liberal MLA Kevin Lamoureux as a member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
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. He was defeated.
He was first elected in October 2006 when he ran in municipal politics. Since then, he represented the St James-Brooklands ward in the
Winnipeg City Council
The Winnipeg City Council (french: Conseil municipal de Winnipeg) is the governing body of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Council is seated in the Council Building of Winnipeg City Hall.leadership
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of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba. Citing family reasons, Fielding chose not to run.
In May 2014, Fielding announced that would not seek re-election in the 2014 municipal election. A month later, he announced he was seeking the Progressive Conservative nomination in
Kirkfield Park
Kirkfield Park is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1981. The riding is located in the westernmost tip of t ...
for the 2016 provincial election. He won the nomination by acclamation in September 2014. On 19 April 2016, Fielding defeated New Democrat incumbent
Sharon Blady
Sharon Anne Blady is a former provincial politician in the Canadian provinces and territories of Canada, province of Manitoba. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2007 Manitoba general election, 2007 provincial electio ...
to win the seat.
On 3 May 2016, Fielding was appointed to the
Executive Council of Manitoba
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as Minister of Families. On 1 August 2018, Fielding was appointed as the Minister of Finance for the Province of Manitoba. On 10 September 2019, Fielding was re-elected from Kirkfield Park and was re-appointed as the Minister of Finance for the province of Manitoba.
Personal
Fielding is married, and the father of two daughters and a son.