Given the question: Facts: - party: liberal - monarch: george vi elizabeth ii - predecessor: william george clark - governor general: the vincent massey earl of athlone the viscount alexander of tunis - birth date: 27 october 1893 - profession: politician - order: 20th - death date: 7 september 1960 - office: lieutenant governor of new brunswick - term end: june 5 , 1958 - name: david laurence maclaren - premier: john b. mcnair hugh john flemming - death place: fredericton , new brunswick - birth place: saint john , new brunswick - successor: joseph leonard o'brien - nationality: canadian - occupation: gentleman - term start: november 1 , 1945 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david laurence maclaren .
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david laurence maclaren , -lrb- october 27 , 1893 -- september 7 , 1960 -rrb- was a canadian politician and the 20th lieutenant governor of new brunswick .born in saint john , new brunswick , he was appointed minister of national revenue in april 1945 in the liberal cabinet of mackenzie king .he was defeated in the 1945 election in the riding of st. john -- albert .from 1945 until 1958 , he was the lieutenant-governor of new brunswick .