William Stevens Fielding [SEP] position held
William Stevens Fielding
William Stevens Fielding, (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 1896–1911 and 1921–25.
Early life.
He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fielding became leader of the Anti-Confederation Party (Nova Scotia Liberal Party). In 1884, he became Premier and won the 1886 election on a pledge to remove Nova Scotia from confederation. When he failed to
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Recent Interventions.
The SEP held a public meeting in Sheffield on 23 February 2011 to address the attempts to extradite Julian Assange. Robert Stevens spoke in defence of Assange, characterising the legal proceedings as "a manhunt".
NHS Fightback was launched on 21 January 2013.
The SEP held a series of meetings in October 2013 to oppose imperialist intervention in Syria and raise the danger of world war.
Elections.
The SEP ran candidates in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections and the 2007 Welsh Assembly