Facts: - party: co-operative commonwealth federation - riding: vancouver kingsway - death date: 27 july 1979 - term end: september 1965 - birth date: 9 march 1899 - term start: september 1962 - name: arnold alexander webster - birth place: vancouver , british columbia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of arnold webster .
arnold alexander webster -lrb- 9 march 1899 -- 27 july 1979 -rrb- was a canadian politician and served as leader of the opposition and leader of the bc co-operative commonwealth federation -lrb- now known as the british columbia ndp -rrb- .he returned to politics as a member of parliament for the federal new democratic party in the 1960s .